Re: Fuel of the Future - HaHa

[Jones Beene]

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From: "Jed Rothwell"

You mean: for every 1 GW of electricity produced 2 GW of waste 
heat are generated.

Yes, that would be an efficiency of 33+ % for nuclear - which is 
pretty close to the average, it seems.  The 1-3.5 ratio mentioned 
is the approximate waste heat ratio of automobiles. Newer cars may 
reach 30-35% eff. but the older ones are in the 20% range so the 
average for waste heat compared to usable energy is that higher 
ratio. Sorry for the error.

Jones