Energy Realpolitik: Towards a Sustainable Energy Strategy
W. Udo Schroeder

TL;DR
This paper advocates for a sustainable energy strategy emphasizing diversified energy sources, with a focus on advanced nuclear technologies and clean coal, to adapt to ecological, economic, and geopolitical challenges.
Contribution
It proposes a long-term, adaptable energy strategy prioritizing new-generation nuclear and clean coal technologies based on comparative analysis.
Findings
Nuclear energy, especially advanced reactors, should be central to future energy strategies.
A diversified energy portfolio enhances sustainability and resilience.
Innovative nuclear technologies can address waste and safety concerns.
Abstract
A long-term strategy based on existing technological, ecological, economical, and geopolitical realities is urgently needed to develop a sustainable energy economy, which should be designed with adaptability to unpredicted changes in any of these aspects. While only a highly diverse energy portfolio and conservation can ultimately guarantee optimum sustainability, based on a comparison of current primary energy generation methods, it is argued that future energy strategy has to rely heavily on expanded coal and nuclear energy sectors. A comparison of relative potentials, merits and risks associated with fossil-fuel, renewable, and nuclear technologies suggests that the balance of technologies should be shifted in favor of new-generation, safe nuclear methods to produce electricity, while clean-coal plants should be assigned to transportation fuel. Novel nuclear technologies exploit…
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Taxonomy
TopicsNuclear reactor physics and engineering · Global Energy and Sustainability Research · Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies
