Damn crustBrother, couldn't have said it any better myself.
As for nuclear reactors. How do you transport the uranium to the reactor...fossil fuel. How do you mine the uranium...fossil fuel. How much uranium is really available...not enough to power the world. The safety of these reactors relies on a complex system of operations and maintenance. What happens when global unrest takes over and these skilled employees are not manning their stations? You can't just shut these things down and walk away.
This link describes the mining process. It requires a lot of energy and care must be taken to prevent the environment from being harmed in the process. Then you still have to get it from the mining site to the reactors.
geoinfo.nmt.edu
Geothermal energy is probably the best option but we are many years away from that being a reality.
And the point of all this isn't just finding other sources of energy. Because if you do that, you haven't solved the problem of consumption. Think of all the automobiles, refrigerators, A/C's, etc. No one wants to give those things up. And the third world nations are rapidly trying to get these things too.
Subway, yeah I know could be a sh!tstorm but I do think we all need to be seriously thinking about this.
As surfers we like to travel and we like our fossil fuel made surfboards. At the same time, we are more connected to the natural environment than most people. We also understand that energy is the real source of it all no matter what you're talking about.
There is no denying that peak oil has gone and past. So much of our world relies on this precious resource that took millions of years to be created. What happens when it's more expansive to extract from the earth than what it's worth?
No president, CEO, economist wants to admit that the continued growth model is flawed. The resources we need for growth are not infinite. It's important to realize that no one is to blame including our leaders. We are stuck in this superorganism of a flawed model and its either we start making real change now, or face a world of calamity which is coming sooner than you think.