ABSTRACT
Europe, North America, and China are heavily focused on reducing the burning of fossil fuels. It does not appear that nuclear fission energy will occupy a dominant role in this effort, especially since Germany, the biggest economy with the biggest population in Europe, is phasing out its nuclear industry. As discussed in Chapter 1, hydroelectric power, valuable though it is, is a fairly mature industry and so incapable of massive expansion. There are hard limits to the conversion of vegetation to energy. Tidal power is limited to a few locations, and wave power barely registers as a viable energy source.
