| HappySqurriel said: We have enough Thorium to power the world for 8,000 years at current energy levels in a very safe and clean way ... Anyone who makes claims that we need renewable energy in the lifetime of anyone who is alive today is just demonstrating that they're uninformed or brainwashed by "green" propaganda. |
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@HappySquiriel
Exactly. I also think thorium breeder reactors will be good way to produce energy in the future. The real challenge I see is supply of energy (if we want this to eventually replace fossil fuels too, which would be neccessary with the rising prices for obtaining it). We would need to make huge leaps in battery storage or have a revolution in our infrastructure (i.e. create "powered " roads).
That said, I think renewables are a nice idea, and will probably have plenty of applications in remote areas. But I don't see them ever supplying the world on a large scale.
