Although coal is the number one source of world electricity production right now, fossil fuels will eventually run out since they are a nonrenewable source, and nuclear energy should be our next biggest electricity producer. According to “Nuclear Power in the World Today”, as of 2017 Coal created 39.3%, Gas created 22.9%, Hydroelectric created 16%, Nuclear Energy created 10.6%, Solar, Wind, Geothermal and Tidal created 4.9%, and other with 2.2%. The top 62.2% of the world energy production is non-renewable, which is natural resources from the Earth that are limited in supply and cannot be replaced if they are used up. That leaves just 37.8% of our energy that is renewable, but with the demands that the world has for electricity this 37.8% is not nearly enough to match the other 62.2% once it runs out. The world as a whole need to invest in the future and realize the real problem that will occur once fossil fuels run out. Countries will need Nuclear energy to step up and start created more electricity. …show more content…
Nuclear energy should be the next largest energy producer because the world has 449 nuclear reactors for electricity generation and 60 new nuclear plants are under construction in 15 countries which create 10% of total world energy produced, while With just 99 Nuclear power sites they alone create almost a third of the energy as compared to over 8 thousand gas power sites that produce three times as much. Nuclear power sites do require more construction since they need to ensure that the radiation is contained, but this extra construction is well worth if we can save fossil fuels and have a more efficient way to create a large amount of