12-23-2009, 08:40 PM
If we're going to invest in emerging energy technologies, I think that we should be looking at bridge-tech to take us through the transition from fossil fuels to clean fission and fusion power.
For the immediate future, a combination of solar at homes and businesses, solar/solar-sodium in deserts, tide-power and wind. Add a "smart grid" to aid in conservation.
'Wouldn't want to bet on it, but community-sized nuclear power generators, geothermal and solar-satellite tech seems promising as the next bridge tech after that.
Then might come the age of fusion. Starting somewhere around the turn of the 22nd century is my guess.
For the immediate future, a combination of solar at homes and businesses, solar/solar-sodium in deserts, tide-power and wind. Add a "smart grid" to aid in conservation.
'Wouldn't want to bet on it, but community-sized nuclear power generators, geothermal and solar-satellite tech seems promising as the next bridge tech after that.
Then might come the age of fusion. Starting somewhere around the turn of the 22nd century is my guess.