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Originally Posted by JohnR
It's not a Right wing talking point - it's math & physics.
Solar generates about 3% or US power (Guv hopes to get it to 20% in 25-30 years.)
Wind generates 9%
Hydro 6%
All other renewables 1%
So about 20%
Coal is 22%
Gas is 38%
Nuclear is 20%
If you are honest about power generation, you are not going to replace 60% of the US Power Generation with Solar and Wind.
And ^^^^ THIS is just to replace CURRENT energy generation. Before a mile is put on a car.
Let's have some lifetime Guv bureaucrats come up with the solutiuoin - that'll work.
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If everyone didn't hit the nuclear panic button after 3 Mile Island, the US could be producing much more nuclear generated power. It was the solution. The incident at 3 Mile Island showed that safeguards worked. The release of a minimal amount of steam killed the future of the nuclear power industry. I lived about 10 miles south of Pilgrim, and it was the least of my worries.
Here, almost half of our power comes from nuclear and hydro. Only about 4.5% from natural gas, 3% from coal, and the latter is being phased out. We actually burn wood for power, too, about 13% of it comes from wood. Power plants also provide steam for municipal heating in winter.