2. 将来のエネルギー資源について (<特集>核融合エネルギーの社会的受容性と科学的見通しI)

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All plausible future energy resources are considered, A common energy unit of 10^<21> J, i. e. ZJ, for comparison of various possible energy resources of different types. The present energy consumption rate in the world is large, 0.4 ZJ per year. If one takes a simple assumption for the future world, i. e., a world population of about 10 billions and an energy consumption rate per capita similar to that in the present developed countries, then the future world would need about 1-2 ZJ per year. For this case, the fossil fuels would not last very long, the renewable energy sources would not be able to supply whole energy the world would need, so that an extensive use of nuclear energy would become inevitable. Among the possible nuclear energy resources foreseeable, the fusion seems to be the most abundant.
社団法人プラズマ・核融合学会の論文
1998-07-25