Global Energy Policy: Past, Present, Future
Energy systems across the world are changing at a pace and scale that few people alive today have seen before let alone made happen. Our energy systems were designed in and for an era when the mechanics of power – electrical, financial, and political – operated under more stable and predictable frameworks. We risk being prisoners of the past while designing the energy future. This lecture discusses the consequences of continuity, inertia, and change for nuclear power.