How much power comes to the American electricity grid comes from nuclear energy?
I think as much as 20 per cent of the power is generated from nuclear energy in the US now. You have to keep in mind that the US was blessed with enormous amounts of coal. So coal is our principal electricity source. Hydel power, from dams, is about eight or 10 per cent. So we have a diverse fuel source. Natural gas is providing some of the electricity now, and then there’s some of the renewable sources that are beginning to come in. Wind particularly, has started growing very successfully. Solar energy isn’t contributing as much as I think it can and will, and bio-mass is coming into the picture as well. Some of our utilities also still burn oil. And in the US, we are importing well over 50 per cent of our oil. So when we can cut our oil consumption, we reduce our energy vulnerabilities as well. If you were to suddenly switch from petrol or diesel to ethanol, or hydrogen cells, or whatever, you would need to make certain modifications to the vehicles, and certain other modifications a
