Wich will we use most in the next 20 years, Coal or Nuclear energy?

Question

Also is there an ETF that covers both sectors

Answer 1

Possibly nuclear energy the most, but coal energy might be preferable to poorer nations.

So far I haven't found an ETF the covers both sectors. I found two nuclear ETFs:

PowerShares Global Nuclear Energy Portfolio (PKN)

Market Vectors Nuclear Energy (NLR)

A coal ETF:

Market Vectors Coal (KOL)

Answer 2

fossil fuels for us all the way, that's what the environmentalists like.   Other countries well use nuclear just like China and India.

Answer 3

nuclear (gut feeling)

I am not sure about the ETF... good thinking though

Answer 4

One thing you need to understand in order to answer this question is the time frame that is required to build a nuclear power plant in the U S.  That is currently or I should actually say that it was when they were being built a minimum of 10 years.  That was the minimum.  The NRC would keep changing the specs during construction over and over and over.  Toward the end the electric utilities just threw up their hands and walked away from the 1/2 finished projects.  I do not know for sure how many never got completed, but I do know of at least 8 that bottomless pits in which billions were dumped before the utilities finally said enough.

We if we see 5 new nuclear power plants in the next 20 years, it might be considered a miracle.

Answer 5

[[Which will we use most in the next 20 years, Coal or Nuclear energy?]]

YES!

(yes, we'll use BOTH coal and nuclear energy the most, MWH-wise).

China, Japan, USA, Korea, India all will install many more nuclear power plants, as soon as they can get them.

Answer 6

1) Coal.

2) Yes.