We assumed nuclear fusion would be the solution but lost confidence after constant news of imminent breakthroughs that never seemed to come. We thought renewables like wind and solar power would be the solution but lost confidence after we learned that power grids are dependant on a baseload of power that renewables do not seem capable of supplying in its entirety. We had come to the grim conclusion that uranium-based nuclear power would be the source of this baseload with gas-fired plants stepping in (and spewing carbon dioxide) when demand was high.
Against this sombre backdrop, it is difficult to describe the excitement we felt when we learned of the potential of thorium for the first time. It is an excitement we still feel today. We decided that instead of assuming that someone was doing something about the energy crisis, we should find a way to get more people talking about the promise of thorium reactors.
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