tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19893353.post2944592890027763291..comments2023-04-05T09:35:40.577-04:00Comments on Show Notes for "This Week In Nuclear" Podcast: TWiN 57 - Media Myths About Nuclear EnergyJ Wheelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01297139247058382607noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19893353.post-12244157916156389132008-12-28T08:13:00.000-05:002008-12-28T08:13:00.000-05:00Hi,I'm originally German living in the Middle East...Hi,<BR/><BR/>I'm originally German living in the Middle East. Germany is the home country of this new oecological religion believing in wind and solar power.<BR/><BR/>In Germany there is more than 20.000 MW of wind power installed (electricity demand 1/10 of US). Sometimes the production of wind power is going up or down by 15000 MW within two hours. <BR/>That means wind is an irratic source of energy. It does not replace any coal fired plant. As it is that irratic plenty of power stations needs to be kept under fire to step in when the wind calms down. though it does not save a lot of fossile fuel. The price guarranteed by a federal law is 9,2 Euro c/KWh while the costs for nuclear electricity is about 1,5c (close to US). I calculated that it needs 70 times more concrete and steel to produce the same amount of wind power than nuclear. It seems very obvious that wind power stations need more energy to get installed and maintained than it will produce during life time. <BR/><BR/>VandaleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19893353.post-65111724234410535102008-08-08T12:50:00.000-04:002008-08-08T12:50:00.000-04:00The US Govt does more damage to nuclear power by i...The US Govt does more damage to nuclear power by its unwillingness to allow Iran to set up a nuclear power system, and its insistence that everything Iran does must be for weapons.<BR/><BR/>I'm not dismissing the possibility that Iran is interested in nuclear weapons. I'm complaining about the public view of enrichment and nuclear research that the gov is propagating here, and the implication that it's impossible to disconnect the two (which is nonsense of course - most nuclear power using countries do not have nuclear weapons). The IAEA should certainly be allowed full access to keep oversight of the process, mostly to ensure that the proper discipline is being brought into nuclear power generation in a country that has not previously used it, but partly to document deviations that could potentially be for weapons material production. Otherwise I say, go for nuclear power! It's the route to becoming a sane and prosperous country.Joffanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18025437863119781181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19893353.post-12000128178794989442008-07-16T12:43:00.000-04:002008-07-16T12:43:00.000-04:00"... parabolic cooling towers ..."Nitpick: They're..."... parabolic cooling towers ..."<BR/><BR/>Nitpick: They're <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooling_tower" REL="nofollow"><I>hyper</I>bolic</A>.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08749459207189576328noreply@blogger.com