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Energy Supply Plan Douglas Lightfoot December 31, 2010 The Lightfoot Institute recommends the following Energy Supply Plan to meet our growing energy needs: 1. Promote nuclear generation of electricity to your neighbours, colleagues and elected representatives. 2. Produce all electricity by nuclear energy & hydro and use electricity everywhere we can, for example for: ● railroads. ● heating of homes and cooking. ● public transportation. 3. Reserve liquid fuels for road and air transport, i.e., gasoline from oil, tar sands, and coal because there are no substitutes on the scale required. How? ● convert home heating from oil to electricity—you will have to do it eventually as oil and natural gas become scarce. ● coal is more valuable converted to liquid fuels than burned to generate electricity—replace with nuclear. ● convert large ships to nuclear power. 4. Replace the current nuclear reactors with fast breeder reactors to ensure nuclear fuel for tens of thousands of years. This will take decades—we must start now. 5. Practice conservation as you see it. How? Maintain your comfort, security and safety levels but: ● turn off lights, TVs, and computers when not required. ● reduce hot water use (but maintain good health control). ● walk or ride a bicycle if it makes sense. ● recycle waste and items no longer needed. ● use public transportation where it makes sense. ● buy a fuel efficient car. 6. Use energy as efficiently as possible. How? 1