Hybrid Nuclear Energy Systems

Appendix K: Hybrid Solutions

There is a tendency in the modern world to become overly fixated on a single energy resource and become blind to broader possibilities. Examples of such rigid mindsets include: the peculiar notion that all of civilization’s energy needs can be met by renewable energy; the widespread use of nuclear energy. Whereas the basis for these two examples ostensibly lies with climate change, more in-depth thought reaches a different conclusion. In both cases, the resources are not particularly cost-effective; thus, there is a need to cloak the financial competiveness problems. There are also more ominous implications when political movements are injected into otherwise rational evaluations involving economics and the environment. ...