Dr. Conca Asks about Our Energy Future.

Uranium (Nuclear Minerals) / Nuclear Power - Economics, Design, & Industry

Date posted: 08/17/13

Global energy consumption will double by mid-century, regardless of what the United States does. It is not from the 1 billion people already using vast amounts of electricity, or the 1 billion using modest amounts of electricity. It results from the 1.6 billion people that do not have any access to electricity whatsoever, the 2.4 billion that have almost no access to electricity and still burn wood and manure as their main source of energy, and the 3 billion new people that will be born by mid-century who will need electricity. Since humans need about 3,000 kWhr per person per year just to have what we consider a decent life, this means the world must produce over 30 trillion kWhrs per year just to eradicate global poverty, war and terrorism.