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Originally Posted by awareness
They put SNAP units in satellites, to power them. They considered putting them in homes, but decided against it because then uranium would be easy to come by.
All power solutions have problems. But we've got to do something.
Shellenberger is big on technology solving the problem. But research has discovered even cell towers kill critters, as do high power electrical wires.
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We can generate up to 20% of our power from solar. Putting solar cells on roofs will solve our needs for the next 5-7 years. Hopefully by then we will have much better batteries that will open the door to get 40% of our power from solar.
In 20 years it is conceivable that Nuclear Fusion will be an economically viable solution.