“We could solve that problem by going nuclear.”
Poop on that.... thorium reactors are the best long term solution with respect to fission reactors and are very scalable.
Will get us off centralized electrical system and release the populace from the slavery of the current antiquated system.
Could you provide an example of a commercial Thorium reactor that has been online for any length of time. Is there one?
Sorry to burst your bubble; but, Thorium 232 is transformed to Thorium 233 by neutron bombardment within a fission reactor (with intervening nuclear decay steps) and eventually into Uranium 233, which then replenishes the fission fuel of the breeder reactor.
Look for Protactinium 233 and the Thorium Fuel cycle.