Nuclear Energy
February 2, 2010 in Spotted Ideas
Wether you want to work for a nuclear energy production, nuclear waste treatment, nuclear best practices supervision and certification company, build a nuclear plant or simply invest some money in it, I believe you’d be right to do it. Be it fusion or fission, nuclear energy’s importance is dramatically increasing and will carry on its way for a bit of time. It is the only cheap and massive response we have for the quickly increasing need of energy in emerging countries.
Although renewable energies are cleaner and very popular, the technology isn’t advanced enough to provide a sufficient response. In countries where wind energy is very popular, such as Germany, Spain or the USA (where demand for wind energy will explode in the next 15 years), this type of fuel never mounts to more than 7 or 8 % of the total installed capacity, and provides even less electricity. Solar energy is at an earlier stage and biomass lags way behind. According to me, for the first half of the 21st century or maybe even longer renewables won’t provide more than 10 % of the wrold’s total electricity.
Furthermore, due to the increasing pressure that is put on conventional types of energy regarding carbon dioxyde emmissions, we are seriously going to need another type of fuel. The energy will keep on moving toward renewables and nuclear energies. I won’t use the exhaustion of ressources as an argument since we don’t have objective records of what is left. There is still lots of coal and gas, but since oil is such a strategic issue in the world’s economy and politics , one couldn’t claim anything with certainty.
All I can see so far is nuclear plants. The cost of producing electricity with a nuclear plant decreased so much in the past thirty years, and so did the amount of nuclear waste that results from energy production. Moreover, although we have no evidence that this will happen soon enough, many companies and military agencies are working on finding a way to transform nuclear waste into organic material.
Environmental lobbies start being fore flexible and showing more sympathy toward the nuclear industry: according to them, it is the lesser of two evils. China and Russia are built many nuclear plants recently. 2 thirds of France’s electricity is produced by Nuclear energy. These are just a few facts among many. The point is simple: don’t think the world is going to become “reasonnable” in 2010. Wether it pleases you or not, I believe we’re just at the beginning of the nuclear era.
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Joan said on February 5, 2010
Okay I’m down. Who has a billion dollar to invest?
Henry said on February 5, 2010
“Wether you want to work for a nuclear energy production, nuclear waste treatment, nuclear best practices supervision and certification company, build a nuclear plant or simply invest some money in it, I believe you’d be right to do it. ”
We know it costs a billion dollar to build a nuclear plant. If you don’t have them, ask your banker or choose other options.
Joan said on February 9, 2010
I’ll buy some Areva shares then.