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- From: gary@ke4zv.uucp (Gary Coffman)
- Subject: Re: Nuclear Power and Climate Change
- Message-ID: <1993Jan3.194021.6430@ke4zv.uucp>
- Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.UUCP (Gary Coffman)
- Organization: Destructive Testing Systems
- References: <1992Dec30.161607.25113@vexcel.com> <1992Dec30.174327.10706@daffy.cs.wisc.edu> <1992Dec30.182038.26674@vexcel.com> <1992Dec30.183314.26932@vexcel.com>
- Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 19:40:21 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec30.183314.26932@vexcel.com> dean@vexcel.com (Dean Alaska) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec30.182038.26674@vexcel.com> dean@vexcel.com (Dean Alaska) writes:
- >>>
- >>>I fail to see why efficiency improvements and shifts to non-fossil energy
- >>>sources are mutually exclusive. Your slant seems to imply that it is
- >>>necessary to choose one of these approaches, but the use of the words
- >>>"quite independent" shows that this is not the case.
- >>>
- >I just wanted to reiterate that if funds are limited, then priorities
- >need to be made and decisions made about where those funds go. If the
- >goal is CO2 remediation, then the best strategy, according to this
- >study, is to spend this money (or much of it) on efficiency. If we
- >have more money, we can also move away from fossil fuels. Its a
- >question of budgets and priorities.
-
- To follow up *this* thought, CO2 remediation may be important, I think
- it is, but it can't be our *only* goal in setting energy policy. Economic
- growth has been historically coupled tightly to energy consumption. I don't
- think we know how to break that coupling, or even if breaking that coupling
- is feasible or wise. Add to that the need to replace existing plant as
- it wears out, and a new generation strategy is required despite any
- demand efficiencies we may be able to fund.
-
- Gary
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