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- From: steinly@topaz.ucsc.edu (Steinn Sigurdsson)
- Newsgroups: sci.environment
- Subject: Re: Electricity Efficiency
- Message-ID: <STEINLY.92Jul26142710@topaz.ucsc.edu>
- Date: 26 Jul 92 21:27:10 GMT
- References: <1992Jul24.060439.5135@cco.caltech.edu> <1992Jul24.145601.1101@vexcel.com>
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- In-reply-to: ens@ccu.umanitoba.ca's message of Sun, 26 Jul 1992 07:27:36 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul26.072736.12153@ccu.umanitoba.ca> ens@ccu.umanitoba.ca writes:
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- Dean Alaska writes:
- >
- > A significant issue here has been the need to build new
- > power plants. Peak demand is the crucial factor for this.
- > The premise in my thread with C.R. Bass was that neither
- > coal nor nuclear power plant construction is needed in the
- > near future due to efficiency and renewables.
- >
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- But, even though far more coal plants are being built than nuclear
- plants, the objection is predominantly against nuclear.
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- As long as coal plants are being built, there is a strong case
- for nuclear. When 'efficiency and renewables' start closing
- down coal plants, the case for nuclear will dwindle.
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- There is a strong argument that in fact large old coal plants
- should be phased out and replaced with new (nuclear) plants.
- Between concern over greenhouse affects and sulphate emissions,
- even new coal plants could argued to be undesireable, I'd say
- any coal plant over 20 years old is a good candidate for shutdown.
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