tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post114528401116960238..comments2024-03-07T02:00:01.582-05:00Comments on NEI Nuclear Notes: Patrick Moore Live Online at 11 a.m. U.S. EDTUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-1145432717491573542006-04-19T03:45:00.000-04:002006-04-19T03:45:00.000-04:00You know and I know but they don't.Please speak th...You know and I know but they don't.<BR/><BR/>Please speak their language.Stewart Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05558095937453599908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-1145367415734957852006-04-18T09:36:00.000-04:002006-04-18T09:36:00.000-04:00Thermal efficiency doesn't just apply to nuclear p...Thermal efficiency doesn't just apply to nuclear plants. It applies to all steam cycle plants: coal, natural gas and oil. All steam cycle plants (aka Rankine cycle) have about a 32%-34% efficiency rate.<BR/><BR/>Combined cycle plants (aka Brayton cycles) have efficiencies as high as almost 50%.David Bradishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02439638522932781068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-1145298646409292452006-04-17T14:30:00.000-04:002006-04-17T14:30:00.000-04:001. They were talking about thermal efficiency (the...1. They were talking about thermal efficiency (they're right). The correct answer is that that's not enough heat to do anything; global warming is a chemical change to the atmosphere that results in more heat being trapped. Capacity factor is totally different.<BR/>2. Uranium: not the only fuel; sea mining; 10 million times more energy dense than coal and 2 million times more than oil; found in Australia and Canada (and the sea).<BR/><BR/>Sum it up, guys. Lay out the evidence; don't reassure people. People don't want to be reassured.Stewart Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05558095937453599908noreply@blogger.com