After further review...

So after the conversation with Baddboy I looked into what a nuclear power plant costs. The figure I used over the phone for argument's sake, $3oo million, turned out to be way off. According to the Nuclear Energy Information Service (NEIS) out of Illinois, it's between 3 to 5 BILLION. And between seven and fifteen years to construct.

As a side note, I will freely admit that the NEIS site was hostile to nuclear power. But none of the other "friendly" sites dispute the core numbers of the argument. And once again, this argument wasn't about pro nuclear or anti nuclear. It was about a better way of running a company.

So, plugging in the numbers, if a 4'x 8' solar array coupled with a 100kw domestic wind generator is the core requirement for an average home's powering needs, calculating said equipment at $25k installed, 160,000 homes could be fitted with this equipment for the cost of one nuclear power plant.

I have no idea what the staff required to operate the plant is, but I'm guessing it's more than 100. There's all that labor saved. All the costs of keeping a nuclear power plant running and clean and safe, and most important the strategic necessity of not allowing radioactive waste to fall into bad guy's hands for the creation of dirty bombs (Always frame environmental concerns in terms of a clear and present danger to our nation.) are out the window because for the next ten or so years you've got a lease agreement with the home owner for the equipment and the excess power they're generating for free.

160,000 homes. I mean damn.

And that's ONE plant.

Once we get our electricity production weened somewhat off of natural gas, we can set the gas stations up to fill our cars with domestically produced natural gas for $1.25 a gallon and life is awesome!