tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post112247960724100443..comments2024-03-07T02:00:01.582-05:00Comments on NEI Nuclear Notes: On My Soapbox for the Energy BillUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-1122558834982903052005-07-28T09:53:00.000-04:002005-07-28T09:53:00.000-04:00Look at what happened in 1973. The oil crisis was ...Look at what happened in 1973. The oil crisis was supposed to result in an increase in nuclear power's market share. Initially, it did. This resulted in a spike in orders for plants. However, when the actual effect on the market was seen, it was not a massive flight in the direction of alternative baseloads (of which nuclear power obviously is the only working type), but massive conservation. Every single order was canceled and we still haven't cut into coal capacity.<BR/><BR/>Refusing to use clean energy is destructive to the environment. Both parts of that sentence are important; refusing to use energy and refusing clean energy makes the problems persist and makes them worse, respectively. If everything worked on its technical merits, you would be right. But it doesn't; politics and economics drive the world.<BR/><BR/>BTW, were those two years 1973 and 1982? Those were years in which energy conservation was emphasized due to sudden price spikes.Stewart Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05558095937453599908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-1122551925774563322005-07-28T07:58:00.000-04:002005-07-28T07:58:00.000-04:00Stewart,I must respectfully disagree with you. I ...Stewart,<BR/><BR/>I must respectfully disagree with you. I believe taking reasonable steps to conserve energy is part of being a good steward of our resources and environment.<BR/><BR/>Whether it is an individual turning the lights out in an unoccupied room, a company developing more efficient household appliances, or a manufacturer finding less energy intensive methods to build its product, we should all do our best to minimize our consumption of resources.<BR/><BR/>That said, I don't believe that conservation will decrease demand. It will only stem the increase in it. In the past 70 years, there have been only 2 in which demand fell. Today, our increasing population and exponentially escalating reliance on all things electronic will keep demand rising at a good clip.Lisa Stileshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09480286991581391638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-1122530490571948402005-07-28T02:01:00.000-04:002005-07-28T02:01:00.000-04:00No, we should not invest in energy conservation.En...No, we should not invest in energy conservation.<BR/><BR/>Energy conservation prevents the development of new energy solutions (say, nuclear power) by making them unnecessary. It merely entrenches what's already there and depresses the market.Stewart Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05558095937453599908noreply@blogger.com