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Originally Posted by markg
This seems like a great step forward. I am convinced that wind and solar are not the future though. We can come up with better. There has to be some form of nuclear we can use. The energy "density" is so much higher than chemical reactions.
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Nuclear energy is already in use throughout the world and currently produces 20% of all the energy in North America which ends up being about 2/3rds of all the "clean energy" produced.
Nuclear energy's limits are "portability" - you can run smaller independent sources of energy for cars and homes with your own wind/solar array - but nuclear, due to the major infrastructure (and potential danger of "doing it wrong") will remain a source for only major infrastructure grids.