Michael T. Klare, author of Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet: The New Geopolitics of Energy, has written an article about three trends that will impact energy policies for the entire planet: 1) political unrest in the Middle East 2) worldwide abandonment of nuclear power and 3) an ongoing Chinese drought forcing a turn from hydroelectric power and towards increasing use of hydrocarbons.
Read the article here.
Not everyone is abandoning nuclear:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/06/01/Saudi-Arabia-to-build-16-nuclear-reactors/UPI-48881306926260/
I am in favor of energy sources without destroying the ecological systems which are already under stress.
Solar needs to increase efficiency 2-3X and drop the price by 50-75%
to replace coal generation IV nuclear is the way to go.
http://energyfromthorium.com/
and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZR0UKxNPh8