Energy in liquid form comes at a large premium to energy in other forms (coal, gas, electricity) because of it's utility for transportation. As batteries become

Energy in liquid form comes at a large premium to energy in other forms (coal, gas, electricity) because of it's utility for transportation. As batteries become cheaper, the value of liquid fuels will decrease. At some point, some current oil production is going to cease to be economically viable. This is likely even without carbon taxes and regulation -- which are possible and surely won't help petroleum industry. LFTR videos are popular on social media, but there are many technologies that could produce superior fission plants to what we have now [1]. And thorium isn't required for molten salt reactors like LFTR in any case [2]. You may be interested in these designs. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_reactor#Current_technologies http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_reactor#Current_technol... [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molten_salt_reactor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molten_salt_reactor