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Originally Posted by Maxpower1987

Cleaner yes, but nuclear power is still better. Solar power is the best around and if the governments of the world were really interested in reducing CO2 emissions (which of course they aren't) they would fund major research into personal Solar energy. That comes with the added benefit of reducing reliance on the grid as well as being carbon neutral.

Solar power is the best IN THEORY, but the efficiency of a solar cell is still way too low to be useful on a large scale, along with how they must be arranged. I know research is happening for solar cells which can coat windows, so that building can become large solar energy captures. However, before that can happen, we still need to increase the energy conversion efficiency. I think that as of now, for solar panels in use, the conversion rate of the sun's energy into electricity is something like 10-15%, and a theoretical limit of I think 80% has been calculated, so as far as we now know, we'll never get the 100% conversion, although we don't need it.