redlin67 wrote:Okay, I misquoted the nuclear, this is 6%, hydroelectric is another 6%, but wind, solar, geothermal and wood combined are less than 1%. Oil is 38%, gas 23%, and coal is 26%. This is global consumption as of 2004, but I am sure it hasn't changed very much, if anything, the demand for oil has increased with the increased demands from China and India. Oil company propaganda, maybe, I got the info from Wikipedia.
That's a bit more believable. Also worth noting that in this country we get about 20% of our electricity from nuclear. And nuclear in the US is seriously underdeveloped and underutilized. Wind and solar can be great in some applications, but as far as large scale power production goes are pipe dreams. Also when it comes to
available energy, i.e. energy that could be used in the future, in the US I would imagine coal and nuclear are at the top of the list.