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Originally Posted by johnnyloadproductions
Interesting.
Fact is we will burn fossil fuels until the end. There are over 2000 years of coal supply here in the US and coal can be converted into a liquefied form.
We will probably avoid coal however as it's too damaging.
If there were no fear of nuclear bombs or terrorism just using breeder plants would be the way to go.
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In 15 years it will be cheaper to use solar panels than to remove the coal from the ground and burn it for energy. Even then the panels will probably not be %100 efficient. I'd say we will stop using fossil fuels somewhere between 20-30 years from now but by then average temperatures globally will be up substantially.
Add to this the new nuclear reactors that are x100 safer than what we use now that are being developed by the Chinese. They aren't thorium though.