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Originally Posted by Captain Awesome
Where is all this "eee-leck-trissity" gonna come from? Windmills?
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Sure, some of it will. Then there is solar and nuclear as well. And there will probably be also be more efficient types of wind and solar by then, like tethered high altitude windmills, space based solar/microwave, and perhaps even nuclear fusion. And of course, there could other things that we've never even though of yet.
Plus, its very likely that most buildings will have a much smaller energy demand 40 years from now. From simple things greater efficiency to insulation that incorporates microfluidic power generation.
Now, where will the oil come from 40 years from now to fuel a global fleet of a couple billion cars? I suspect thats a bit tougher nut to crack than building more power plants.