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

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From: John Higdon
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 18:08

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in article 3A69BC30.21494ADD@genek_hates_spammers.com, GeneK  wrote:

> 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.

But more of a pollution problem. It is much easier to keep the
pollution-per-KWH down with a large plant than with a smaller one. Calpine
has a number of very small plants around the area, but they are heavy
polluters when the amount of energy they supply is considered.

It is an attractive idea, but I'm not sure if our current technology
supports it from an environmental standpoint.

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Subject: Re: Power execs blame gas prices and environment regs 
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