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The industrialized world has suddenly
come under increasing pressure
due to dwindling ready supplies of
traditional energy sources. Science
again has been called upon to look for
new ways of solving the growing
energy demands of the future.
The following pages illustrate what
authorities view as sorne of the major
potential energy alternatives to
traditional fuels. Remarkably, though
fledgling technology in these areas
has been available from the c lose of
World War 11 and befare, only
the current global energy trauma
spurred more than a scattered,
perfunctory interest in these
abundantly available, " renewable"
energy sources on the part of
decision makers.
ENERGY
ALTERNATIVES
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ATOMIC FISSION
Nuclear power is the most highly developed
alternative energy source. In France, for
example, all future power plants wi ll be
nuclear. In the U.S., 163 nuclear reactors
are in operation. Of these, 40 are commercial
reactors for electrical power generation.
Critics of nuclear power ask: What about
the unresolved problem of nuclear waste?
Nuclear energy, admitted an advocate of its
use, represents "probably the greatest sin–
gle risk any civilization has ever undertaken."
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