Meredith Simonds
06-16-2010, 05:19 PM
If the powers that be can convince the public of its safety, nuclear power could represent 25 percent of global power by 2050:
"A study by the International Energy Agency, which seeks to coordinate energy policies in industrialised nations, and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development described such a target as "ambitious but achievable.
"Nuclear is already one of the main sources of low-carbon energy today," said Luis Echavarri of the OECD's Nuclear Energy Agency."
In fact, nuclear already represents 14 percent of global energy! With that in mind, it's really not much of a stretch foreseeing future in which it represents a quarter of our power.
SOURCE
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100616/sc_afp/ieaenergynuclear
"A study by the International Energy Agency, which seeks to coordinate energy policies in industrialised nations, and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development described such a target as "ambitious but achievable.
"Nuclear is already one of the main sources of low-carbon energy today," said Luis Echavarri of the OECD's Nuclear Energy Agency."
In fact, nuclear already represents 14 percent of global energy! With that in mind, it's really not much of a stretch foreseeing future in which it represents a quarter of our power.
SOURCE
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100616/sc_afp/ieaenergynuclear