Re: background vs man-made emmissions

[Norman & Karen Cohen <norco@bellatlantic.net>]

Hi Bob,

I did not say "right now". I did say "over a period of time". I believe I've
posted a couple of times on short term (natural gas) and long term (all the
alternatives) replacements for nuke and coal. What would make sense it to start
with the dirtiest coal and the worst performing, most dnagerous, oldest,
"coolingtower-less" nukes. Shut them down first. Phase in alternatives, phase
out coal/.nukes.

thanks
norm

Bob Flood wrote:

> >>As well as a real commitment to efficiency.
> >
> >My current electricity supplier will pay me to give them an older, less
> efficient
> >refrigerator, and will also dispose of that bad old refrigerant too. That's
> a commitment,
>
> My own opinion is that the development of practical room temperature
> superconductors will cause the revolution in demand for power. Beating the
> drum to shut down nuclear and fossil plants right now runs the risk of
> succeeding. Suppose you got what you wanted and someone (the Supreme Court?)
> issued an order to shut 'em all down tonight - what would you tell the
> American public it should do to live on less than 40% of the present supply
> of electricity? Hospitals, police departments, prisons would have priority
> for power, followed by trying to keep as many businesses running as
> possible, which would leave residential customers about 10 or 20% or what
> they use today. Could you explain to them how to live that way, and why it's
> worth their while to have to do so?
>
> The anti-nuclear and anti-fossil communities are loud and persistent about
> what they perceive as a problem that needs an immediate solution, but they
> never seem to offer any ways of dealing with the consequences. Shouldn't
> there be a viable method of producing replacement power before pulling the
> plug on ________ (fill in the power production method you most love to
> hate)?
>
> I used to have a sign in my office years ago that said "Never take a problem
> to your boss without a solution - you are paid to think, not whine."   :^)
> ============================
> Bob Flood
> Dosimetry Group Leader
> Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
> bflood@slac.stanford.edu
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