Rob Lister gives global annual energy consumption as 140 TWh.
The true number is 211,782 TWh, for 2011, from IEA (expressed as 18,210 Mtoe -- million tons of oil equivalent)
http://www.iea.org/Sankey/index.html
That's 1512x higher than Lister's value. Dividing his 64,000 year supply by 1512, we get 42 years supply of thorium.
I see a problem.
It might not be 64ky, but >1ky seems to be very realistic.
Edit: See also the Wikipedia section on it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorium#Reserve_estimates
Rob Lister gives global annual energy consumption as 140 TWh.
The true number is 211,782 TWh, for 2011, from IEA (expressed as 18,210 Mtoe -- million tons of oil equivalent)
http://www.iea.org/Sankey/index.html
That's 1512x higher than Lister's value. Dividing his 64,000 year supply by 1512, we get 42 years supply of thorium.
I see a problem.