Re: Windmill farm in Palm Springs

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From: John McCarthy
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 1996 00:00

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Tom Gray asks me

     I hesitate to ask, but why do you see it as an either-or
     sort of thing, John?  Nuclear is generally baseload and wind
     is not.  Both types of power are useful--that's why
     utilities typically depend on a mix of generating systems.

I have to admit that my reactions are still partly based on my
introduction to "alternative energy" which did take an either-or form,
regarding nuclear as absolutely unacceptable.  I have no objection to
a mix of systems assuming that's how it turns out economically.
-- 
John McCarthy, Computer Science Department, Stanford, CA 94305
*
He who refuses to do arithmetic is doomed to talk nonsense.
http://www-formal.stanford.edu/jmc/progress/

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From: jmc@Steam.stanford.edu (John McCarthy)
Subject: Re: Windmill farm in Palm Springs
Date: 1996/01/03
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