How best to meet South Africa's future energy requirements

South Africa's power crisis is one of the main issues on a national level, while the main international issue is global warming. The reason that our lack of energy is such a key issue is that it fuels our entire economy and permits the standard of living that we are used to. Recently the Electricity Supply Commission (ESKOM) stopped being able to supply a reliable flow of power and the country has been told that drastic changes will have to be made before it is restored. The other relevant issue is global warming which is exacerbated through the production of power from coal (our main source of power). As we need to find new ways of increasing our power supply I believe that the timing could not possibly be better for introducing a cleaner and more sustainable system of creating power. This essay will present our choices and short-list the ones appropriate for South Africa.