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- From: gary@ke4zv.uucp (Gary Coffman)
- Subject: Re: Nuclear Power and Climate Change
- Message-ID: <1993Jan8.022115.8137@ke4zv.uucp>
- Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.UUCP (Gary Coffman)
- Organization: Destructive Testing Systems
- References: <1992Dec30.195749.11721@daffy.cs.wisc.edu> <1992Dec30.211459.28435@vexcel.com> <1993Jan3.200102.6609@ke4zv.uucp> <1993Jan5.072712.21014@michael.apple.com>
- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 02:21:15 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan5.072712.21014@michael.apple.com> ems@michael.apple.com (E. Michael Smith) writes:
- >
- >This ignores the ability to build a 'stop gap' solution, like gas
- >turbines, at a slightly higher cost, to buy the time to choose either
- >a much improved nuclear or a much more efficient alternative energy
- >source, such as solar in 20 years...
-
- The problem with this approach is that gas turbine plants, fuel cells,
- and the like are a lot more than "slightly higher cost" alternatives.
- That's why they are restricted to peaking needs today. Replacing base
- load plants with peaking technology is economic suicide for a utility
- and it's customers.
-
- Gary
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