09-20-2014, 05:42 AM
There is a case to be made that uranium could be considered a renewable source of energy; if uranium extraction from seawater were to be combined with fast-breeder technology, then the amount of energy produced would be both ample and effectively indefinite in duration.
See
http://www.withouthotair.com/c24/page_164.shtml
Even if both of these technologies worked perfectly, we would find it tricky to develop them within the next century, so I doubt that they will be the solution to our energy problem. Luckily there are several other options available.
See
http://www.withouthotair.com/c24/page_164.shtml
Quote:Fast breeder reactors, using uranium from the oceans
If fast reactors are 60 times more efficient, the same extraction of ocean
uranium could deliver 420 kWh per day per person. At last, a sustainable
figure that beats current consumption! – but only with the joint help of two
technologies that are respectively scarcely-developed and unfashionable:
ocean extraction of uranium, and fast breeder reactors.
Even if both of these technologies worked perfectly, we would find it tricky to develop them within the next century, so I doubt that they will be the solution to our energy problem. Luckily there are several other options available.