Sentences with phrase «fewer plant shutdowns»

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A closer look at those few specific actionable proposals, which have been made to date (Hansen et al. shutdown of US coal - fired plants, US plan for carbon capture and storage outlined on an earlier thread here by Rutt Bridges) reveal that they would achieve essentially no change in our climate at an exorbitant cost.

The daunting economics of gas power in Germany, not surprisingly, has led to widespread curtailments and shutdowns across the country, including several state - of - the art plants unveiled in just the past few years.

For one billion dollars they could secure America's electric grid with solar flare proof transformers, preventing every nuclear power plant in America from melting down during a Carrington level solar flare, which is overdue to happen and will cause a nuclear holocaust guaranteed due to the fact that they take years to cool off even after cold shutdown, they'll run out of deisel after a few days, the pumps don't work when there's no power.

We can also free up more to spike the buildout rate beyond the self - sustainable rate by making efficiency improvements (assuming we are willing to give the fossil fuel plants a few extra years before shutdown), that could be directed towards a renewables buildout.