Thursday, February 28, 2008

Shiver in the dark

The whole renewables idea sounds great as long as you don't look at the details. The details stink. Solar and wind both cost more by kWh of generated electricity than nuclear power, and the renewables still require fossil fuel backup. If we want to solve the CO2 problem, we go with nuclear or we shiver in the dark on windless nights.   "Blogging About the Unthinkable" tells us that might be happening in San Francisco real soon.

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