Exactly why this is a long-term problem. Retrofitting vehicles is a political loser as an issue. Coal plants could be another story, as long as people would be willing to swallow small rate increases to pay for the work. I don't remember the numbers offhand, and it's been awhile, but retrofitting a 1,000 MW coal-fired power plant is not exactly cheap. I'm guessing $200 million as a starting point. The right technology works, by the way, it is mature and extremely effective. Not scrubbers, I hate that idea. Fluidized-bed boilers are the way to go for traditional plants. Rip out the old boiler, install a new one along with all the necessary gadgetry like pulverzied coal injectors, and not only do you end up with a cleaner plant, you get a more efficient plant, too, because the coal is more thoroughly burned than in a traditional boiler. The plant uses less coal to produce the same electricity. Ultimately it pays off, but it takes decades, and who wants to front the money in the form of rate increases or surcharges?
On Dec 4, 2007 4:41 PM, Bruce wrote: > The part about any of this is the retrofitting part - if I have to pay for > it. Screw that. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Download the latest ColdFusion 8 utilities including Report Builder, plug-ins for Eclipse and Dreamweaver updates. http;//www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=labs%5adobecf8%5Fbeta Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:247622 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
