From: "Jim Torson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: gmane.science.general.global-change To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2008 9:17 PM Subject: [Global Change: 2713] Re: Nuclear power, Part 2: The price is not right
> > At 05:23 AM 6/15/2008, Don Libby wrote: > >>The May 2008 Congressional Budget Office report gives an impartial >>analysis >>of nuclear power economics in the US, if anyone is interested. >>http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/91xx/doc9133/05-02-Nuclear.pdf > > The blog posting by Joe Romm describes how the following have > rejected the claims of nuclear being a good economic investment: > > American Electric Power Co. CEO Michael Morris > Florida Power and Light chairman and CEO Lew Hay > MidAmerican Nuclear Energy Co. (owned by Warren Buffet) Pres. Bill > Fehrman > > I'm sure these people have examined the figures far more carefully > that I ever could. When these folks start building new nuclear > plants, then I'll start giving serious consideration to your claims > of the economic advantages of nuclear. > > Jim Jim, if you re-read my post you'll see that I said nuclear is relatively more expensive NOW, but that will change when carbon emission is included in the price of new electric power plants (according to the CBO). Whether the "price is right" for nuclear depends on the whether the price is right for carbon dioxide emissions. Several forward-thinking folks are anticipating a rise in the price of carbon emissions (forced by a tax or a cap on emissions) as evidenced by recent regulatory filings received at the NRC for new plants submitted by these companies: TVA Duke South Carolina E&G Progress Energy Southern Dominion Entergy Unistar NRG Energy Luminant Thanks, -dl --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Global Change ("globalchange") newsgroup. Global Change is a public, moderated venue for discussion of science, technology, economics and policy dimensions of global environmental change. Posts will be admitted to the list if and only if any moderator finds the submission to be constructive and/or interesting, on topic, and not gratuitously rude. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/globalchange -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
