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To: Uncledave
Nevertheless, renewables, given modern technology, can be an attractive piece of the puzzle.

Well, in an effort to find common ground, let me say this. If the energy storage problem can be solved, I've always thought the following would provide a very clean environment with reasonable-cost electricity:

1. Use nuclear units for meeting baseload demand, since they are a reliable, intense energy source that produces humongous amounts of energy at low cost, and

2. Use renewables for production of stored energy that can be tapped to fill in the gaps in the demand curve. This avoids the problem of renewables as an unreliable source of capacity. IOW, think of the renewables as a source of energy, not capacity.

62 posted on 06/22/2007 11:11:32 AM PDT by chimera
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To: chimera

What you outline is sensible and what I think we’re moving towards.


65 posted on 06/22/2007 11:20:12 AM PDT by Uncledave
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