The purpose of this site is to explore the cost and environmental impact of all practical sources of primary energy, once fossil fuels run short. We will focus on the two largest sources of energy consumption: first electricity, then transportation.
This is not a simple task because various studies about the future of energy have reached widely varying conclusions. What we can do in response is investigate why the studies reached different conclusions, report those reasons, and document the data and calculations which make sense to us.
We won’t be infallible, but if we’re careful and avoid prejudice, perhaps we can make steady progress toward a better understanding of the choices.
We believe that the public wants safe, secure, sustainable, low-impact sources of energy at the lowest feasible cost, and the best way to identify such sources is to compare all legal technologies without subsidies or mandates, but counting externalities.
Given the enormous amount of energy that we use, and the level of disruption to our economy the impending shortage of fossil fuels will entail, we think the answers to these questions will be critical to everyone’s quality of life.
We would appreciate corrections, comments and pointers to additional information.
