Today's lecture was about energy resources. There were a lot of interesting points. For one, it was interesting to see the one graph of CO2 emissions per person vs. electricity consumption per person for different countries around the world, and how it was basically a continuous stream of points. Dr. Paatero said that earlier there would have been two clear groupings, of "developed" and "developing" countries, but now in terms of energy those terms don't really apply.
I was really surprised how big coal is. It looks like it will still be the main source of energy for most of the world for a long time.
I wanted to ask about the possibility of fusion energy, but there wasn't time for questions. I'm optimistic that a breakthrough in fusion will revolutionize electrical power supply in the future.
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