On Oct 14, 10:05 am, "Don Libby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Those of you who regularly do math homework for your children or
> grandchildren, and those who can recall their own childhood will be familiar
> with the "story problem", intended to exercise complex reasoning skills in
> elementary arithmetic classes.
>
> Here's one for today's youth:
>
> If by 2050 US energy demand will quadruple, and nuclear generating capacity
> will double, how much conservation, renewables, and CO2 capture & storage do
> we need to reduce CO2-equivalent emissions by half?
>
Current US energy demand = ???
(Is this all kinds of energy?
Does it include say foodstuffs and
solar energy to grow them? Is it
just electiric power?)
Current US nuclear generating capacity = ???
Current US CO2-equivalent emissions = ???
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