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RAPID CITY, S.D. — With a scheduled tour of the Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station in southeastern Michigan, between Detroit and Toledo, Sen. John McCain’s day today will be all about nuclear power. McCain has pledged to construct 45 new nuclear power plants by 203
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11 months ago
Tell me better, why neither of them want us to have the option f driving small diesel cars like the rest of the world does ? 60 - 70 MPG and they meet EURO 5/6 - an emission requirement harder than our Tier 2 BIN 5. Every expert will tell you diesel is 40% more efficient and that low tire pressure will cost as much as driving 70 mph vs. 55 mph.
From the Government's site, almost 17% of our e-power is from diesel generators, but these have an average of 17M watts each, vs. 1,015M watts for the average Nuke plant... So I guess the plan is to replace all these small diesel generators in Alaska and other remote locations with HUGE Nuke plants 100 times as large. If their small size and remote location did not make it economical to do a cheaper running coal plant, why Nuke ??? Scary.
http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electri...a/epat2p...