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- Path: sparky!uunet!destroyer!ncar!vexcel!dean
- From: dean@vexcel.com (dean alaska)
- Subject: Re: Electricity Efficiency
- Message-ID: <1992Jul27.151824.7138@vexcel.com>
- Organization: VEXCEL Corporation, Boulder, CO
- References: <JMC.92Jul24101907@SAIL.Stanford.EDU> <1992Jul26.072736.12153@ccu.umanitoba.ca> <STEINLY.92Jul26142710@topaz.ucsc.edu>
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- Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 15:18:24 GMT
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- In article <STEINLY.92Jul26142710@topaz.ucsc.edu> steinly@topaz.ucsc.edu (Steinn Sigurdsson) writes:
- >
- >In article <1992Jul26.072736.12153@ccu.umanitoba.ca> ens@ccu.umanitoba.ca writes:
- >
- >
- > But, even though far more coal plants are being built than nuclear
- > plants, the objection is predominantly against nuclear.
- >
- > 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.
- >
- >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.
- >
- Dozens of old coal plants will be shut down due to age in the next
- decade or two. Their capacity must be dealt with before shutting
- down other plants. Renewable energy plants can be constructed in
- extremely short times; retrieved capacity from efficiency is
- available is a short time span, also. Nuclear plants take ten years
- to build. The new "inherently safe" nuclear plants are still under
- study. As a practical matter, efficiency and renewables are the most
- pragmatic approach.
- >* Steinn Sigurdsson Lick Observatory *
- >* steinly@helios.ucsc.edu "standard disclaimer" *
- >* Ain't you heard of the the starving millions? *
- >* Ain't you heard of contraception? "Too much too young" Specials, 1979 *
- >
- >
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- dingo in boulder (dean@vexcel.com)
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