Re: Power execs blame gas prices and environment regs forhighelectricity costs

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From: GeneK
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 16:29

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John Higdon wrote:
> 
> Most NIMBY's would prefer something be built in some wilderness area than
> near their populated domicile. In that respect, NIMBY's are anything BUT
> environmentalists.
> 
> MIMBY's don't care if a power plant is built. They just don't want to look
> at it. "Environmentalists" would rather no power plants of any kind be built
> anywhere at anytime. Power plants are enablers of modern
> civilization...something that needs to be destroyed.

The problem with power plants as they are built is that they're huge, because
power generation is centralized.  If individual communities each sited plants
sufficient to provide for their own needs, the plants would be smaller and
less of a problem to deal with.  For example, based on the current figures
provided for use per household, the needs of my community could be met by a
plant roughly 1/6 the size of the proposed Calpine SJ plant.  There's an old,
unused railroad site about 1/2 mile from my home that would be a suitable site
for a plant of such a size, it's bounded on all sides by freeway, railroad and
commercial sites, and with some clever architecture could be no worse an eyesore 
than the enormous racquet club that's located a couple of miles down the road.

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