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Except that newer technologies typically use different resources for the same basic category of need, or use resources more efficiently. Including nuclear and
by randallsquared 14y ago
Except that newer technologies typically use different resources for the same basic category of need, or use resources more efficiently. Including nuclear and solar, there's plenty of energy to be had, and you can use more energy and less of everything else for almost any purpose.
- graeme 14y agoSolar uses only the energy that comes in on an annual basis. With fossil fuels, we get to use the stored energy of millions of years. Solar has a much lower EROI than oil and coal. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_returned_on_energy_invested http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_returned_on_energy_inves... Nuclear has a better EROI. One question is if we could build enough plants before an increase in energy prices due to scarcity. That would make investment much more cost prohibitive.