Sentences with phrase «efficiency over nuclear power»

With the government's recent pledge to emphasize renewable energy and energy efficiency over nuclear power, a renewed commitment to geothermal may be imminent.

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Requiring no gigantic «smart grid» sucking the efficiency like a vampire — things that are inherent to these nasty wind machines — Nuclear SMRs are going to allow us to meet all our CO2 reduction goals, without the canard of «nominal power output» being accepted by the lost eco-sheep, and without the 100 % conventional, CO2 - generating backup generators — which must be kept on idle at all times should the wind die down, or a cloud pass over a solar cell — and which all of these wind turbines require.

Much like with the debate over decommissioning the aging Indian Point nuclear power plant, much of the added power that could be created because of the increased pipeline capacity, could just as easily (and probably far more cheaply) be offset with energy efficiency improvements in the region.