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In reply to the discussion: All nuclear plants should be shut down, IMHO. [View all]jeff47
(26,549 posts)76. Hybrid Bio has not been scaled up to grid-size
(AFAIK)
While there's lots of places in the US that can use geothermal, there's lots of places that can't. It can help, but the reason wind & solar get all the exciting coverage is they'll probably have to be the majority of what we use.
And so on with the rest of your suggestions - they'll work in some places, not in others, and haven't been blown up to "grid scale" yet.
oh my yes but nuc power cannot be replaced.
Reading. Try it!
I support nukes only when my alternative is fossil fuels. And that's what is currently rolling out to replace nukes in places like Japan.
oh yeah and how is it Germany is able to be in the process of shutting all their plants down and convert to solar and wind and we just...shudder...cant accomplish this with much more resources and estimated photo-voltaic capability.
Because they aren't.
They rolled out a lot of wind and solar. They also rolled out fossil fuel plants. But firing up yet another natural gas turbine isn't particularly interesting news, so there's been much more coverage of the wind and solar roll-outs.
Such horshit. Getting old.
Until you manage to find the renewable energy fairy who can make these plants just *poof* into existence, they're going to have to be developed first. While a natural gas or coal plant is pretty damn close to *poof* right now.
That will change. But it hasn't changed yet. Let's keep splitting atoms until it does, so that we don't make climate change worse.
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I edited my post because all plants should be shut down, not just in the US.
darkangel218
Oct 2013
#4
Nah, it's pretty easy. Just crank up all the old coal plants that have been shut down
jeff47
Oct 2013
#20
Wind and solar are not the only virtually clean energy sources we have. I'm sure you
Drew Richards
Oct 2013
#65
We need to start fazing out the old nuclear plants. First because they are dangerous.
rhett o rick
Oct 2013
#57
First of all it takes a tremendous amount of energy to build a nuclear power plant.
rhett o rick
Oct 2013
#81
The difference in our opinions is you are focused on the spectacular local damage.
jeff47
Oct 2013
#82
You still haven't managed to deal with "night", yet you call others morons? (nt)
jeff47
Oct 2013
#78
The problem with Fukushima was that when the primary power failed, they were to
rhett o rick
Oct 2013
#55
Dont forget...the generators were in the basement floor...whole lotta stupid going on.
Drew Richards
Oct 2013
#68
"1st auction of solar rights on public lands in Colorado draws no bids"...
PoliticAverse
Oct 2013
#74