![](http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2007/07/15/business/0716-nat-sub-webSOLAR1.jpg)
![](http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2007/07/15/business/0716-nat-webonly-SOLAR2.jpg)
Based on those charts,
fission had billions more research dollars,
but we'll be adding more energy from renewables than fission.
Renewables will add 47.1 billion kilowatt-hours more than nuclear:
renewables 2005: .9+15+15+23+38+265=356.9
renewables 2030: 7+52+23+28+102+308=520
renewables increase: 163.1
fission 2005: 780
fission 2030: 896
fission increase: 116
That's about a 15% increase in fission.
We have about 100 plants, a 15% increase is about 15 new plants.
The "nuclear rennaissance" is 15 new plants.
:popcorn: