Re: Nuclear power far from clean

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From: Gordon McKenzie
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 1997 00:00

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Karl Denninger wrote:
> 

> You're doing this the hard way.
> 
> Try mirrors (yes, mirrors).  Use an array of them and focus the sun's energy
> from a large area (ie: a few acres) onto a water tank on top of a tower.
> 
> Now use the energy you just concentrated to boil water (aka: steam).
> 
> Use the superheated steam produced to drive a conventional turbine and
> produce electricity.
> 

I like this idea but I do have a couple of questions.

The first may seem silly, but it was just a though. If a system like
this was built at a high elevation, less energy would be required to
create the steam and could the system be more efficient? 

Is this system efficient enough to be economically practical? How large
would a system need to be to replace a nuclear reactor?

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From: Gordon McKenzie <gordmck@1.direct.ca.com>
Subject: Re: Nuclear power far from clean
Date: 1997/09/22
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