Group: alt.energy.renewable
From: "News"
Date: Thursday, February 28, 2008 7:15 PM
Subject: Re: Nuclear energy is the worst way to produce the bulk of our electricity!


"Alex Chiani" <@> wrote in message
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> <@> ha scritto nel messaggio
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> On Feb 28, 2:42 am, "News" wrote:
>> The UK is expanding nuclear generation - 62 million are idiots. 6% of the
>> power
>> can be generated by River Severn and River Mersey tidal barrages.
>> Implementing superinsulation and passive solar in new buildings and
>> developments and renovations will reduce energy demand enormously.
>> Implement local CoGen (combined heat and power) will again reduce demand
>> enormously as waste heat is used. As will good office design to prevent
>> cooling in a temperate climate.
>>
>> There are other better ways of doing it, besides nuclear
>>No, you are wrong. advocating such a program is good but simply not
> enough. Demand will increase regardless of such measures. For new
>>offices yes, but for older ones, the costs of retrofitting can be
> enourmous.
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>>The idea is to do this AND build more nuclear plants and shutdown any
> remaining coal plants and your natural gas.
>
> Nuclear allows MORE use of energy since it's cheap enough to deploy on
>>a mass basis.
>
> At last, I don' t undestand the link between insulation, passive solar or
> cogeneration (heating) and nuclear (electricity)

You are slow.