Jones Beene <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes - Nuclear accounts for 20% of electric production, but almost zero > percent of the remainder of the total energy mix . . . > Exactly zero percent, unless you include nuclear powered aircraft carriers.
> -- which includes energy for heat and transportation, in addition to > electricity. > > Thus, as stated, nuclear represents 10% of total energy > Okay. By that metric, wind is 4%. Granted, wind energy is growing rapidly and nuclear energy is stagnating. Nuclear power could grow, if politics changed and the cost overruns could be reduced. I would like to see wind and nuclear power replace all coal fired electricity (which is 30% of electricity). I am not a big fan of nuclear fission power, but it sure beats coal. - Jed
