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From: "Jim Torson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Newsgroups: gmane.science.general.global-change
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2007 10:52 AM
Subject: [Global Change: 1853] Nuclear expansion is a pipe dream
*quote*
For nuclear power to make any significant
contribution to a reduction in global carbon
emissions in the next two generations, the paper
says, the industry would have to construct nearly
3,000 new reactors - or about one a week for 60 years.
*end quote*
That is correct, according to the IPCC stabilization scenarios published to
date.
At the historical peak of construction, new plants were added at a rate of
about one per two weeks for 10 years. It is not too far fetched to believe
that rate could be doubled, especially knowing that new coal plants are
being built even more quickly than that right now, today.
Are we supposed to believe that an equivalent rate of construction could be
achieved for new photovoltaic plants or new wind plants? I encourage you to
do that calculation to convince yourself that nuclear is necessary now.
-dl
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