Neil's cogent summary of nuclear advantages deliberatly leaves out solar and wind turbine.

As I understand it, Stanford research indicates enough wind at 300ft to create twice the energy required for the entire US. In fact, if I recall correctly, their report says the US has more wind potential than any other country. Augment this with solar and we should do fine for quite a while.

But the most important consideration is that wind turbine scatters energy production over an immense area, making it a difficult target for terrorists. Plus, it'll be interesting to see what happens to the economics of energy as communities create their own energy production.