earth2tech.com - 1/5/2009
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Growing support for nuclear energy in the U.S. has hinged on three key arguments in recent years: It offers a carbon-free alternative to coal; a domestic alternative to petroleum; and a supposedly cheaper, more reliable alternative to renewable sources like wind and solar. But according to a ...
climateprogress.org - 1/5/2009
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new study puts the generation costs for power
from new nuclear plants at from 25 to 30...
cents per kilowatt-hour — triple current U.S. electricity rates ! This staggering price is far higher than the cost of a variety of carbon-free renewable power ...
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Nuclear Officially More Expensive than Renewables
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... the cost of reducing power use through efficiency and double the cost of solar thermal.
Climate Progress (and EcoGeek) are happy to encourage existing plants to continue producing power, and are excited about possible new technologies that will lower the price. But nuclear power, the way it currently exists, is not only a bad idea because of waste and the dangers of nuclear proliferation...it makes less financial sense than solar and wind.
Via Climate Progress and Earth2Tech
Cali Gov. Meg Whitman?: Silicon Valley 1, Clean Energy 0 [Earth2Tech]
GigaOM Network —
... ” — including offshore oil drilling and nuclear — for reducing U.S. reliance on energy imports. Even so, having Whitman in Sacramento would not be all bad for Silicon Valley’s solar, electric vehicle, energy storage, and biofuel startups. With more and more of her colleagues from the dotcom days ...
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