Worse yet, it will confuse and delay essential progress toward the one thing that can help the United States become energy independent. We are, however, a growing population that depends upon an energy-intensive economy. Aging U.S. power plants import nuclear fuel and world supplies of this fuel are declining in close correlation to the fossil hydrocarbon fuels. It would require more than 1,600 nuclear power plants to produce the 96 Quads of energy now consumed yearly by the U.S. Nuclear power is not a viable option. In addition to many other problems, disposal of radioactive materials is very expensive and fought with difficulties.
Fossil fuels create pollution and global warming.
Thousands of people die prematurely and millions are made ill by the burning of fossil fuel. Even if we had an unlimited supply of fossil fuels, we would not want to continue to incur the high costs of pollution and loss of productivity and enjoyment of life due to illnesses. Conversion of the present infrastructure from fossil fuel practices to a system based on renewable hydrogen can provide the energy needed long past all projections to fossil fuel depletion. If we started the transition to a hydrogen economy now, the U.S. could become energy independent in one or two decades. America can provide sustainable supplies of energy needed by present and future generations.