The integrated energy strategy offered by Charcoal based Terra Preta Soil technology may provide the only path to sustain our agricultural and fossil fueled power structure without climate degradation,
other than nuclear power.
Anyone still banging on about CO2 emissions in the electricity generation sector, ought to be banging on about nothing
other than nuclear power.
Other than nuclear power, there is now no feasible large scale potential source of energy.
Not exact matches
Perry has repeatedly said that storing fuel on site makes coal and
nuclear plants less prone to shutdowns
than other power generators in the event of disasters and attacks.
I'm not saying there is more cause for concern for the
nuclear programs of Iran and Pakistan
than there is for
other nuclear powers, like Russia, North Korea and Israel.
Cuomo has argued that
nuclear power is cleaner
than fossil fuels and is a needed bridge fuel during a transition to wind, solar and
other renewable energy sources.
I don't know much about China but I noticed that in many areas (space exploration, aircraft carriers,
nuclear weapons...), they seem more interested in demonstrating and maintaining a basic capability
than really competing with
other powers.
The
other side of the «green» argument against
nuclear power is the fear by some climate scientists that carbon emissions in New York could increase by more
than 31 million metric tons during the next two years, if a number of
nuclear power plants close.
Governor Cuomo has argued that
nuclear power is cleaner
than fossil fuels, and is a needed bridge fuel during a transition to wind, solar, and
other renewable energy sources.
The sentence marked with an asterisk was changed from «In fact, fly ash — a by - product from burning coal for
power — and
other coal waste contains up to 100 times more radiation
than nuclear waste» to «In fact, the fly ash emitted by a
power plant — a by - product from burning coal for electricity — carries into the surrounding environment 100 times more radiation
than a
nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.»
Even though Illinois has more
nuclear power plants
than any
other state, Obama is not gung ho on that type of energy.
The NuScale
Power Module's cost per kWh is competitive with
other sources of base load electricity generation, and less
than the cost per kWh of large
nuclear units.
«Unlike today's
nuclear reactor, the IFR [integral fast reactor] can generate unlimited amounts of inexpensive clean
power for hundreds of thousands of years... It provides an excellent solution for what to do with our
nuclear waste because it can use our existing
nuclear waste for fuel and it is significantly more proliferation - resistant
than other methods of dealing with
nuclear waste... The IFR is also inherently safe.
Once units 3 and 4 join the existing two Vogtle units already in operation, Plant Vogtle is expected to generate more electricity
than any
other U.S.
nuclear facility, enough to
power more
than 1 million homes and businesses.
I don't think Cosmic Rays were ever as much about it [AGW], as say, what to do about it; if «it» were indeed happening, whether by anthropogenic causes or combinations or
other field properties -
nuclear power is NOT the way to go; humans will adapt and survive over shorter time periods in climate
than over the half - lives of
nuclear fission byproducts.
Nuclear power produces less greenhouse gas [CO2]
than any
other source, including coal, natural gas, hydro, solar and wind.
And, so,
nuclear power is doing more to de-
nuclear-weaponize the world
than any
other thing that we do.
I'm convinced that the United States will be better off keeping existing
nuclear power stations running, where their management can be demonstrated to be reliable, rather
than initiating a decades - long decommissioning process that would not resolve community concerns about spent fuel and many
other sources of risk.
Among
other points, Mr. Romm says the «fourth generation» form of
nuclear power discussed by Dr. Hansen has no greater potential benefits
than other technologies (solar - thermal
power plants, for example) that were not mentioned but that could be deployed at large scale much more quickly.
The next US Administration takes the lead to persuade the US citizens
nuclear power is about as safe as or safer
than any
other electricity source http://nextbigfuture.com/2012/06/deaths-by-energy-source-in-forbes.html.
A further 35 % or so came from coal, less
than 15 % from
nuclear power and the rest from a hotch - potch of
other sources.
Tennessee uses hydroelectric
power with coal and
nuclear power to keep the lights on for its residents, who use more electricity per capita
than any
other state, according to the NRDC.
Showing data from financial firm Lazard and
other sources, their presentation said natural gas, coal and even some
nuclear power plants were the lowest - cost producers of electricity on the planet, cheaper
than wind or solar.
With
nuclear power cheaper
than fossil fuel generated electricity it could avoid 50 % of CO2 emissions from fossil fuels by around mid 21st Century (and achieve the
other objectives in the list).
Here, in the United States, we need, for several reasons, base load
power plants
other than natural gas, and with the slow demise of
nuclear, coal is the only alternative.
But there are three
other major energy options that need to be considered to help fill this need for non-fossil energy by 2050, one or all of which may end up being more cost effective and thus less harmful to global economic growth:
nuclear fission (chapter 7), fusion (chapter 8), and solar
power collected in space rather
than on Earth's surface (chapter 9).
Suffice it to say that a proper literature search and applying the same standard to data for
nuclear and
other mature technologies as he / she wishes to apply to CSP, the cost comparison using classical utility economics (which I was trained in in my years in GE's
Power Systems business and used for decades as a power project developer) produces very different answers than kerry seems to t
Power Systems business and used for decades as a
power project developer) produces very different answers than kerry seems to t
power project developer) produces very different answers
than kerry seems to think.
This means that an energy / look at each source in more detailed And you are in charge of that... Coal
Nuclear energy Biofuel —
Other than Ethanol Ethanol and Natural gas Wind energy Hydroelectric and Geothermal Wave and Tide
power Solar /
To date all operating
nuclear power plants were developed by state - owned or regulated utility monopolies [2] where many of the risks associated with construction costs, operating performance, fuel price, and
other factors were borne by consumers rather
than suppliers.
Deep in the psyche of these over 50s men,
other than those like me who have resisted the
nuclear siren's call, there is a non-rational belief in the endless safe
power of
nuclear fission and delusions of fusion.
Against this backdrop, South Korea, which is more capable of supplying cheap and quality
nuclear power than any
other countries, announced a plan to abandon
nuclear.
Civilian
nuclear power worldwide has fewer deaths per teraWatt - hour
than any
other power source, including wind and solar.
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) in its analysis of EPA's Clean
Power Plan had to consider new nuclear capacity as a separate case analysis because construction of new nuclear capacity other than what is currently under construction or at risk for retirement is not a major compliance option based on EPA's proposed rule despite nuclear power's zero carbon dioxide emiss
Power Plan had to consider new
nuclear capacity as a separate case analysis because construction of new
nuclear capacity
other than what is currently under construction or at risk for retirement is not a major compliance option based on EPA's proposed rule despite
nuclear power's zero carbon dioxide emiss
power's zero carbon dioxide emissions.
Other than the catastrophic scenario of widespread radiation release that kills people and renders large areas uninhabitable, one of
nuclear power's most obvious environmental and safety problems stems from the periodic release of radiation.
«And there are
other ways of complying
than with
nuclear power.»
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) and
others have pressed to close the nearby Indian Point
nuclear power plant, but the mayor said city residents get more
than 8 percent of their electricity from the facility and lack a ready substitute.
Nuclear energy is higher tech
than other forms of
power generation and so its workers make significantly higher wages
than coal or natural gas workers.
Poland depends on domestically available coal far more
than other EU countries (solid fuels, coal and lignite, constitute 57 % of gross inland energy consumption for heat and electricity) with very little renewable energy production and no
nuclear power.
«There's very little,
other than the NRC, that the federal government has to do with
nuclear power.»
Nuclear power isn't «safe», it's just safer
than nearly all
other forms of
power.
In short, given that it is «time to get some policy traction» on global change,
nuclear power does seems much less speculative
than any alternative
other than continued ineffectual handwringing.
I'm quite resigned to the fact that we are not going to be the ones to prove or disprove this question — it will be left to developing economies like China and India, and
other nations that have immediate reasons to pursue
nuclear power (South Korea and Japan due to lack of any apparent alternatives, UAE and
other oil / gas rich nations that wish to sell rather
than use their prized non-coal fossil fuels).
If so, then in my next post we can move on discussing «why» Congress didn't approve Obama's numerous Budget requests to dramatically expand
Nuclear Power (
other than Vogtle 3 & 4).
China, the country that is building more
nuclear reactors
than any
other, continued to get more electricity from the wind
than from
nuclear power plants in 2014.
Barry has led or had a central role in transactions involving more
than 60 countries spanning a wide range of sectors, including
power (coal, gas, wind and
nuclear), oil and gas (pipelines, petrochemical and
other facilities), ports and aviation, satellite / telecom and
other areas.