<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for Vermont renewable energy festival looks to the future]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by rethinkable http://www.grist.org/article/nukes-ablaze-but-solarfest-burns-brighter/ Mon, 16 Jul 2007 07:45:24 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/nukes-ablaze-but-solarfest-burns-brighter/1 Hopefully re-inforces Germany to get out of nukes!

Hi,

I'm a 28-year-old German living in Canada and I still watch the daily news from Germany. I was actually just watching the news about this incident, when I received your blog update on this topic.

The one good thing about this incident, is that they will shut down the Vattenfall power plant, because there was a dispute on weather they should or should not keep this plant running.

Further, this will also re-encourage Germany to keep their deadline of shutting all of Germany's nuclear power plants down by 2016 (I'm not quite sure what the actual date is anymore, but they had one set at one time).

I'm still so surprised that Canada is just building a new power plant, which is going to be ready by the time that Germany has intended to shut it's last nuclear power plant down by!!!

Just an interesting observation...

Cheers,

rethinkable.com

]]> Hopefully re-inforces Germany to get out of nukes!

Hi,

I'm a 28-year-old German living in Canada and I still watch the daily news from Germany. I was actually just watching the news about this incident, when I received your blog update on this topic.

The one good thing about this incident, is that they will shut down the Vattenfall power plant, because there was a dispute on weather they should or should not keep this plant running.

Further, this will also re-encourage Germany to keep their deadline of shutting all of Germany's nuclear power plants down by 2016 (I'm not quite sure what the actual date is anymore, but they had one set at one time).

I'm still so surprised that Canada is just building a new power plant, which is going to be ready by the time that Germany has intended to shut it's last nuclear power plant down by!!!

Just an interesting observation...

Cheers,

rethinkable.com

]]> Comment #2 by GreyFlcn http://www.grist.org/article/nukes-ablaze-but-solarfest-burns-brighter/ Mon, 16 Jul 2007 08:06:38 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/nukes-ablaze-but-solarfest-burns-brighter/2 And thats the main reason I don't like Nukes

And thats the main reason I don't like Nukes

In order to be safe, it requires transparency.

However every time something goes wrong, they always try to cover it up.

]]> And thats the main reason I don't like Nukes

And thats the main reason I don't like Nukes

In order to be safe, it requires transparency.

However every time something goes wrong, they always try to cover it up.

]]> Comment #3 by JMG http://www.grist.org/article/nukes-ablaze-but-solarfest-burns-brighter/ Mon, 16 Jul 2007 13:22:58 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/nukes-ablaze-but-solarfest-burns-brighter/3 Well, here's an antinuke blast

http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/article/3 ...

Not very convincing; the best numbers I can pin down suggest that nukes emit about 30-60 gms of CO2 over the life cycle (including construction, mining, enrichment) for each kWh produced at the plant (and that's even including the crappy thermal efficiency of steam plants -- about 34%).

Coal plants produce about a kilo per kilo -- on the order of a kilogram of CO2 per kWh (using the same kind of low efficiency steam turbines).

Save the world: Reduce greenhouse gas emissions 5% annually.

]]> Well, here's an antinuke blast

http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/article/3 ...

Not very convincing; the best numbers I can pin down suggest that nukes emit about 30-60 gms of CO2 over the life cycle (including construction, mining, enrichment) for each kWh produced at the plant (and that's even including the crappy thermal efficiency of steam plants -- about 34%).

Coal plants produce about a kilo per kilo -- on the order of a kilogram of CO2 per kWh (using the same kind of low efficiency steam turbines).

Save the world: Reduce greenhouse gas emissions 5% annually.

]]> Comment #4 by AEV http://www.grist.org/article/nukes-ablaze-but-solarfest-burns-brighter/ Tue, 17 Jul 2007 02:08:45 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/nukes-ablaze-but-solarfest-burns-brighter/4 Buy Clean Energy!

There are lots of great endeavors taking place around the country to create greater clean energy options. And cheers to the those with the great ideas and work ethic that bring clean energy to more Americans.

Lot of folks, though, are not even aware that many utilities can currently provide them clean energy from wind, solar or small hydro if they request it.

Check out SmartPower.org to learn how to get your community to start using clean energy.

]]> Buy Clean Energy!

There are lots of great endeavors taking place around the country to create greater clean energy options. And cheers to the those with the great ideas and work ethic that bring clean energy to more Americans.

Lot of folks, though, are not even aware that many utilities can currently provide them clean energy from wind, solar or small hydro if they request it.

Check out SmartPower.org to learn how to get your community to start using clean energy.

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