tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post6156630988210710275..comments2024-03-07T02:00:01.582-05:00Comments on NEI Nuclear Notes: Nuclear Numbers Up in FranceUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-53620866172258769672013-06-26T18:31:37.523-04:002013-06-26T18:31:37.523-04:00Maybe France has all it's eggs in the nuclear ...Maybe France has all it's eggs in the nuclear coop, but those are golden eggs and it would be foolish to kill the goose that laid them just to have a turkey dinner (or a dinner for turkeys). France has a stable and economic electricity supply, and as a result has a comparatively stable economy, unlike many of its neighbors. It has the lowest per capita electricity cost, the lowest carbon emissions and GHG production per capita. There is a reason for this, and it has to do with those golden eggs in the nuclear coop.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-86667066926855070502013-06-25T12:52:28.914-04:002013-06-25T12:52:28.914-04:00As Jim questions, what precisely is wrong with hav...As Jim questions, what precisely is wrong with having all of one's electricity eggs in the nuclear basket? It's a fine turn of phrase, but your use of it is unsupported and unsupportable.<br /><br />Apply a little more thought to what you are writing Mark. If you are going to make a giant claim like that, back it up with something. How, exactly, is there any danger in having all of one's electricity come from nuclear? It's not like a fuel embargo will work. <br /><br />Your assertion is unsupported and non-sensical,and one would think that it goes against the goals of your host organization. traghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13567888742411686266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-49619144019734475932013-06-24T20:40:19.188-04:002013-06-24T20:40:19.188-04:00"France could do with a little energy diversi... "France could do with a little energy diversity – putting all its eggs in the nuclear coop has caused some issues in charging electric cars, at least it might theoretically – and French President Francois Hollande wants to reduce the share of nuclear energy from about 80 percent to 50 percent."<br /><br />This is why France and other nations that use nuclear power need to start building nuclear power plants that are specifically dedicated to methanol fuel production. Methanol produced from nuclear power plants can then be utilized for peak-load power demands. <br /><br />While methanol electric power for peak-load energy would be significantly more expensive than baseload nuclear power, it would only represent a small percent of the total electricity produced during the day which should mean only a marginal increase in the total cost of electricity. Of course, by the time methanol is being commercially produced from nuclear power plants, synthetic methanol may actually be cheaper than increasingly expensive fossil fuels. <br /><br />Methanol, of course, can be produced through the synthesis of hydrogen and carbon dioxide. Hydrogen can be produced through the electrolysis of water and CO2 can be extracted from the air or seawater. <br /><br />Methanol power plants have already been demonstrated in the US in modified natural gas power plants. <br /><br />Methanol back up power in small fuel cell power plants is growing in popularity in the US. <br /><br />Methanol, of course, can also be converted into-- gasoline! <br /><br />Marcel F. Williams Marcel F. Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16245086958213100840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-91326357925037094952013-06-24T17:15:51.481-04:002013-06-24T17:15:51.481-04:00If those figures are accurate, I highly suspect th...If those figures are accurate, I highly suspect that the main reason is the silver lining of Fukushima's dark PR cloud; a meltdown -- Multiple Meltdowns at one crack -- don't spell Doomsday, forget tiny occassional catastrophes like oil and gas accidents putting away whole neighborhoods. In fact, Fuku was a big letdown to more than some...<br /><br />Re: "putting all its eggs in the nuclear coop has caused some issues"<br /><br />Gee whiz! Aircraft carriers put all their eggs in a single nuclear basket and do damn fine, so why can't whole cities and countries? No one squawked about baskets and mixes when King Oil was running things over a hundred years virtually all alone! Solar folks don't hawk "mixes" when they shout about ultimately running the whole world on sunlight, so why should nukes?<br /><br />James Greenidge<br />Queens NY<br />jimwghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06964988758509076556noreply@blogger.com