Asia taking over?
Not so fast - If the politicians find the spine to run over the NIMBY crowd, liquid fuels could be produced with nuclear reactors hydrolyzing water. That hydrogen, coupled with CO2 from the air, heat, and catalyst, can create hydrocarbon fuels. Expensive? Of course, but if the alternative is freezing and starving in the dark, it will seem cheap by comparison. You don't even need to do this immediately if you build the reactors - they can generate electricity until (unless) the power is needed to create hydrocarbons. Or, simply use the hydrogen in fuel cell vehicles & dispense with creating hydrocarbons.
