Its too easy to look at nuclear energy from the negative perspective. Naysayers
Why did gas powered vehicles take off instead of batteries, obviously the technology was still in its infancy and the future effects were, well, in the future.
Look at the damage oil has done to the environment and still is.
If governments and industry spent more on funding nuclear and energy storage than the did on oil and coal where would we be now.
Looking forward, hopefully if i have grandchildren, to joking with them about petrol cars, what you mean the fuel exploded and nearly all the energy was given as heat to the environment joking me, right!?
Nothing comes anywhere near nuclear for its yield, even harnessing the energy of the weak forces within atoms which scientists are making breakthroughs with now, with LENR.
Most of the other renewable technology at the moment are toys in comparison.
Look at the size of say a 2MW wind turbine for example and the issues with a generator up at 80m+.
compared with a possible 2MW LENR in a container on the ground.
Also too much reliance on centralised energy generation still, even solar and wind obviously can't service base loads we need technology breakthroughs with energy storage like batteries and supercaps in decentralised energy generation whichis scaleable and more personal responsibility with pay as you go and penalties for lack of energy management, probably the biggest chunk of the other edge of the sword, massive waste all the way through society.
I work in the energy industry and dealt with solar. I managed solar installations for a while. I
mentioned to a client he needed an energy audit, that his usage history was 3x average.
He said that's ok ive got 10kW of solar now.
What can someone reply to that, when the wife's using the dryer when the sun's out and the aircon is on all sectors at 18 degC. Thyve got 2 cars in the drive and 1 is old and blowing smoke :?
Fridge size safe neuks hopefully are coming soon all the nuclear activity happens within the reaction for a few grams of nickel and pelletized hydrogen, kick start once in a while.