Yesterday I saw a documentary where it was said that nuclear plants was not the answer: we need 10 000 plants to sustain the amount of energy we currently are consuming - and with that many plants we would drain the world’s uranium resources in 2 decades.
I believe you are right that there is a technological sollution to this - it could be cold fusion, it could be solar power, but my point is that the transition will come gradually, we won’t end up in a mad max scenario over night.
Probably right. What could also happen is the discovery of a power source heretofore not even considered. An example is the radiation of salt water by microwaves which is said to actually cause the water (or the salt) to burn, giving off heat and of course energy. Of course you need electricity to generate the microwaves so who knows how efficient this will be.