One technology I believe in for the future energy requirements is Nuclear. I have a friend that works at Argonne Labs in Chicagoland. Things are moving very quickly in this field. The most promising form of power is the Fast Rector.
It's a type of breeder reactor. Not only does it use up nearly all of the radioactive material in generating electricity, it also generates very little waste. What's more, they can and probably will dig up and reuse the waste that already exists. Even weapons grade material can be reprocessed into useful fuel.
All this means that the future is bright in real electricity generation.
He tells me that ONE of the reasons no one is building more power plants is because the nuclear plant of the future won't be like the ones we have today dotting the landscape. Then there is the capacity for retrofit.
When I lived in Germany there was a nuclear plant near our home that did not have a cooling tower but a cooling pond. It was an advanced system.
The Russians and Chinese are far down this road. We are behind. OF course the French can't get it right at all.
The good news is if we put our efforts into this we can make it work.
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