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- TJ11240, on 01/26/2009, -3/+26Coal power actually decreased in 07, which is equally as exciting.
- merbrian, on 01/26/2009, -2/+15Let's hope the study for 2008 is just as encouraging
- TheJimid, on 01/27/2009, -3/+15Just baby steps unless we get all the worlds' industrialized nations on the same path.
- economicbob, on 01/27/2009, -0/+12Speaking of green jobs, I was looking for a good resource on solar certifications and where classes are offered. Here is a good site for those who may be interested in perusing the same thing. http://www.solar-geothermal.com
- RyanBlueThunder, on 01/27/2009, -0/+11We can thank "deregulation" for this. Now with the requirement that the old bulky traditional utilities open the transmission grid to small independent electricity generators (and allowing consumers the right to choose their own electricity providers), we have seen the rapid growth of renewable electricity companies.
- dbzssj44676, on 01/27/2009, -1/+10Only because you haven't built a single nuclear power plant for 40 years.
- Corrina41, on 01/26/2009, -2/+10This is good news--a good start.
- Merp08, on 01/27/2009, -4/+11Yes we can.
- Barackalypse, on 01/27/2009, -1/+7"Since more than half of the new capacity was non-dispatchable wind capacity, the 2.3 percent increase in net generation was achieved primarily through the increased performance of existing coal-fired, natural gas-fired and nuclear capacity."
In other words, better performance on existing fossil fuel and nuclear plants accounted for more net generation than all that wind power they added. - alricsca, on 01/27/2009, -1/+6What the author fails to mention is that, as long as they rebuild them quickly enough, the reserve power stored in the form of water build up in the reservoir will offset the other sources they would normally need to use later in the year when the water level is lower.
- inactive, on 01/27/2009, -1/+6Australia needs to wake up. J Howard was a sucker for the coal lobby but I did expect better from kRudd.
Few other nations have to suffer the horrors of having an average of 280 days of sunshine a year and thousands of miles of coastline that is largly uninhabbited. With the heat of Central Queensland and NSW a solar (passive) desal plant could put more than 30 giga litres of water into the system every week. For every 20 litres is an export dollar and then some. More importantly its jobs jobs jobs. The plant would cost 4 billion but would easily earn 30 billion anually. Stupid Government IMHO. - jbmcb, on 01/27/2009, -2/+6That's fantastic! Meanwhile, China is going to be producing 6,000 MWh of power via pebble bed reactors by 2020. Zero carbon emissions. A couple hundred pounds of relatively safe waste a year (seriously, read an engineering book, nuclear waste isn't a big deal anymore.)
It's mind boggling how the environmental movement, who embrace every scrap of hard data spewing out of three- and four- letter organizations warning about global warming and the need to reduce CO2 emissions, completely ignore scientific reports on how nuclear power is safe and incredibly efficient. - lornali, on 01/27/2009, -1/+5This is refreshing news
- novenator, on 01/27/2009, -0/+4well, wind power is growing exponentially for the last 10 years, thats a huge plus. This trend can only continue under the green administration.
- Barackalypse, on 01/27/2009, -3/+7Is that really it, or is it because of environmental opposition to coal and nuclear power that prevented or delayed plans to add more of those sources?
- rand0mm0nkey, on 01/27/2009, -0/+32.5% more than there was.
- junkneo, on 01/27/2009, -2/+5Good News. But remember, renewable energy does not mean free energy, we are deriving energy from some other source, it WILL affect something upstream or downstream. Only time will tell what irrepairable damage we are building. But far less damage than that by carbon-based fuels.
- Zomgondo, on 01/27/2009, -0/+3Give your government a break... they're busy trying to protect you from the evils of online pornography and casino gambling!
/s - executorzz, on 01/27/2009, -1/+4Funny, since this happend during bush's term in office and no one bothers to recognize it.
- angryredplanet, on 01/27/2009, -0/+3Even if it were due to environmental opposition to coal and nuclear, how is that negative?
If you strip away the government subsidies that give nuclear and coal a leg up, the cost to operate a wind farm would be orders of magnitude less per kWh than it would to run either a nuclear or coal fired generating plant. In 10 years time you've got a near-cost-neutral plant whose only real cost is in turbine maintenance - easily recoverable from the sale of electricity. It can exists independently as a business. When you include the requirement for mined fuel, that cost exponentially rises and would most likely be infeasible if the government didn't step in. - dragon76, on 01/27/2009, -0/+3I have never understood why people claim nuclear as a clean fuel when its by-product is toxic waste.
- PrometheusBorn, on 01/27/2009, -0/+3Are you implying that if the wind had not been used to turn the turbine, it would've been used for some other unknown purpose that may be equally important that we don't understand?
If so, I have to disagree with the rather interesting theory. Even if there was some greater purpose to the wind that we are denying it, the fraction that we're actually harnessing is so insignificant it's like killing a single fly and wondering what the effect on the food chain will be. - ajonsey, on 01/28/2009, -0/+2As a citizen of Southern Ontario, I've always been happy with hydro power
Niagara Falls FTW - waldo686, on 01/27/2009, -1/+3somehow i knew this would be in the comments, ......beat me to it haha
- angryredplanet, on 01/27/2009, -1/+3Which has got to be a good thing. Renewable energy doesn't require a mined fuel source, nor a way of disposing of the toxic by-products.
This news must be viewed as being only positive. - pumanegra2012, on 01/27/2009, -1/+3More encouragement for clean energy is what is needed to sustain this good sign
- akchrs, on 01/27/2009, -2/+4Dorothy Lake took care of that. Plus Juneau is in a rain forest.
- angryredplanet, on 01/27/2009, -0/+2And that's good... how?
- DeadFox1, on 01/27/2009, -0/+2I think that the US will lead this progression. I am hopeful anyways.
- inactive, on 01/28/2009, -1/+3That was just the effect of Barry the Messiah's forward facing powers. The universe KNEW he'd get sElected by slightly more than half the electorate (Guess you CAN fool most of the people some of the time), and preemptively started making changes. This can be attributed to the power of The One, and nothing more. Don't even THINK of giving W any credit for anything (unless of course it's bad).
Halle Barry!! - Spartandestin, on 02/26/2009, -0/+1This is really good news, finally a step in the right direction. If the government would now do loans for residential solar for everyone, this issue would be over.
http://www.destintonight.com - inactive, on 01/28/2009, -1/+2I love the ballet you guys have up there!! In my youth, I'd go to the ponies at the Fort, then for a little culture.
- dsfjvhbd, on 01/29/2009, -0/+1The mining of Uranium creates huge amounts of toxic waste, usually in countries, where environmental regulations are not worth the paper. Besides, just like oil causes constant wars in the Persian Gulf, Uranium causes constant wars in central Africa. Just as oil it makes a nation dependent on supply from unstable countries.
- recentgradtrish, on 01/30/2009, -0/+1It's inevitable that we're going to switch to renewable energy sources. Just check out how many different sources there are:
http://www.greenstudentu.com/energy.aspx - akchrs, on 01/27/2009, -8/+8I live in Juneau and another landslide took out our powerlines from our hydroelectric plant. We are now running 4 giant diesel generators that burn about 80,000 gallons of diesel a day. Take that you greenies!!!!
- inactive, on 01/27/2009, -2/+2America! ***** Yeah!
- zippybean, on 01/27/2009, -4/+3Wow a whole 2.5% of our entire power needs.
- Ysabetwordsmith, on 01/26/2009, -9/+5This is wonderful progress, and yes, I heard about the coal-power drop too! Keep going -- this is starting to work. I've gathered some articles about energy and environment in my blog:
http://ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com/502768.html
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