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Well, the nuclear industry disagrees with you. According to their experts, a nuclear Iran is a good idea. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Shah_of_Iran_build

• smsm42 13y ago
  It's funny how oil was running out in the 70s and still running out 40 years later. I'd imagine it will be running out pretty much the same way in 40 years, and 40 years after that. Besides that, that Iran doesn't exist anymore.
  • krapp 13y ago
    >I'd imagine it will be running out pretty much the same way in 40 years, and 40 years after that. It will run out, though. The only questions are when, and what the contingencies will be once it does.
    • smsm42 13y ago
      Or it won't, since technology will replace the need for it long before that. We don't use horses to drive our cars not because we've run out of horses.
      • abalashov 13y ago
        Well, there's some unsubstantiated optimism if I've ever seen it. Let's hope you're right, but right now the physics and economics do not support your exuberance.
        • smsm42 13y ago
          It is substantiated by centuries of human history. And by physics and economics too. Particularly, economics teaches us that when resource's price raises, attractiveness of substitutes and thus investment into improving these substitutes raise considerably. And physicists are working on solving problems that block our progress for finding alternatives right now (e.g. on increasing energy density for electrical storage, increasing energy efficiency of solar cells) - and there are some encouraging signs there too. E.g. this one: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature12509.html http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/natu... may allow producing solar energy much cheaper than before.