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We could generate a lot more power from renewables and not just the standard ones already mentioned. The reason we do not have a cultural shift towards this is due to the vested interests of the corporate world intertwined with government. Yes it will cost more to set up but so does every technological revolution. The other 50% of future power capacity is to reduce our use in the first place. For the same reasons above, this is not in the vested interests already stated. We are presently very wasteful and gadget obsessed for the majority. Our energy use increases faster than any new efficiencies eventually come on line.

Nuclear power is magnificently inefficient when it comes to a cost/benefit ratio and that does not include the disasters & perpetual clean up operations that go on or even the possible major nuclear disaster event possibility. If the money was spent on small scale localised renewables and personal kit that generates its own power + new efficient infrastructure - not only would we have a vast improvement on this scenario but also many more industries & jobs would be created throughout society and the vested interest wealth would not be concentrated into the hands of a few international corporations and their political backers.