Energy Vision
In recent years, the way people produce and consume energy has not changed much. Sure, you might find a less common gas-electric hybrid or a high-tech wind turbine, but research in this area is not vibrant. This is not surprising: except for the oil crisis of the 1970s, fossil fuels have always been cheap and plentiful. But things will look very different in the coming decades. Troubled by rising oil prices, geopolitical instability, global warming, and environmental pollution, governments and major companies around the world have stepped up their efforts to find new energy sources to promote economic development. This is an ambitious goal: to find abundant, clean, and safe energy and to adopt more economical ways of using energy.
Here are several technologies that may play an important role in the coming decades.
Return to hydrogen fuel and peaceful use of nuclear energy