Bond, the Director of the Center for Advanced Energy Studies in Idaho Falls, made grim predictions for current energy sources. He said global oil production will peak this year or next year and the supply could be exhausted by 2070. He said natural gas could be gone by 2025 and coal by 2150.
His solution? Nuclear energy.
“The rest of the world is going to go nuclear whether we like it or not,” he said, adding that China has plans to build two new atomic power plants per year for the foreseeable future.
Bond said the main problem with nuclear power in the United States is more political than technical, citing a collective “scare factor” in the minds of Americans. He said contrary to popular belief, the waste can be stored safely underground at facilities such as at Yucca Mountain in Nevada. By harnessing the power of the atom and recycling the spent fuel, he said people could generate enough energy to last the planet for hundreds of years.
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