“You don't ban the beneficial uses of a technology just because that same technology can be used for evil. Otherwise we would never have harnessed fire." - Patrick Moore, co-founder of Greenpeace - About two-thirds of the electricity used globally today is generated by fossil fuels using energy created by burning fuels such as coal and gas, which they release greenhouse gases. These trap heat in the atmosphere and cause global warming. Furthermore, in the near future fuels are no longer expected to replace what is used since fossil fuels are limited and non-renewable countries will have to generate more of the electricity they need without using fossil fuels. In addition to slowing global warming, they must also meet electricity demand when these fuels start to run out or become unavailable due to political problems between countries. There are several factors that influence whether or not a particular type of energy is adopted. These factors include cost, reliability, environmental impact, generation capacity and efficiency, hybrid design possibilities and storability, and technology development risk. Even if renewable energy is not developed fast enough to meet demand, the best available option may come from conventional energy sources. Among them, nuclear energy, which is well developed and highly penetrant, is the largest source of electricity that does not release significant amounts of greenhouse gases and has contributed mainly to the world's energy consumption. After World War II, nuclear energy became the world's shining energy hope. . Technically it is produced when neutrons split the nucleus of uranium atoms, releasing heat that is used to boil water and produce the steam that drives a plant's turbines. Nuclear......middle of paper......power plants that can operate safely and with very high load factors.Bibliography:1. Smil, V. (2010). Myths on the Front Page: Nuclear Energy, Energy: Myths and Reality: Bringing Science into the Energy Policy Debate (pp. 150-157). Washington, DC: Publisher for the American Enterprise Institute.2. Michaelides, E. (2012). Nuclear power plants, alternative energy sources (pp. 99-172). Heidelberg: Springer.3. Berinstein, P. (2001). Alternative Energy: Facts, Statistics and Issues. Connecticut: Orys Press.4. Nuclear Energy Institute. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.nei.org5. United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission. (n.d.). The students' corner. Retrieved October 1, 2013, from http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/basic-ref/students.html6. Clark, W. W., & Cook, G (2012). Global energy innovation. Santa Barbara, California: Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC.