Some interesting stuff on the future of power generation

Thorium reactors. Go figure. Fusion systems still aren't producing more
than they is put in. Thorium reactors solve many practical problems and
make cheap, safe large scale energy production a reality. Aligned with
significant advances in battery or electricity grids to meet the peak
demand problem of the way society uses electricity during the week
(everyone gets up and goes to work and returns from work around the same
time to the grid needs to have the capacity to ramp up electricity
production very quickly and currently this is only available through
coal and oil-fired power stations).

http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/michael/blog/2006/10/a-nuclear-reactor-in-every-home/