Re: Acceptable risks [was Re: Disposal of Radioactive Waste]

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From: Greig Ebeling
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 00:00

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On Sun, 11 Jun 2000 00:44:32 +1000, "ant" <dont-look@evil.spam> wrote:

>and note that nuclear is always compared to coal, why is natural gas,
>solar, hydro, wind, geothermal, biomass and oceanic excluded. i dont
>particularly like coal plants, way to dirty and cheap.
>
>ant

Natural gas certainly burns cleaner than coal, but it does produce GH
gases, and using natural gas for electricity production is a waste, as
it is far more valuable as a source of direct heating in domestic and
industrial applications.

Hydro is comparable to nuclear/coal in that it is a viable centalised
power generation technology.  But the resource is limited.  When it is
available, hydro is usually the obvious choice.

Solar, wind, geothermal, biomass and oceanic cannot be directly
compared to coal and nuclear, because they have very different
characteristics in terms of economics, applicability and reliability.

...Greig

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From: greige@bigpond.com (Greig Ebeling)
Subject: Re: Acceptable risks [was Re: Disposal of Radioactive Waste]
Date: 2000/06/13
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