[Gasification] Gasification Digest, Vol 11, Issue 1

[Jonathan Pratt]

Greg,

I'm not sure what point you are making here.   Total French power generation 
capacity is 4 Gw and 80% of that is Nuclear.  I assume you are just saying 
that Nuclear is a much larger component of a smaller 'power generation' pie 
there.

Either way the fact that per capita energy use in Europe is half that of the 
US & Canada is just more evidence that we can sustain a modern society much 
more 'energy' efficiently.  Escalating energy costs everywhere will only 
accelerate the trend toward overall energy efficiency.


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> Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 23:02:31 -0500
> From: "Greg Manning" <a31ford at inetlink.ca>
> Subject: Re: [Gasification] Gasification Digest, Vol 10, Issue 61
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> Greetings Jonathan and list:
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> Jonathan, can I point out one simple fact ?
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> you quote 80% of France, and 20% of the U.S.   The French have a VERY
> different life style than the US, so, to put your statement "into scope" 
> the
> electrical capacity of France that is Nuclear driven is 4Gw, and the
> electrical capacity of the U.S. that is nuclear driven is 4Gw. this is a
> much more realistic statement of nuclear power that runs electricity
> generation....
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> I live in the Canadian Province that supplies the largest single source of
> electrical power in North America, and we are only in the 6 or 7 Gw
> range.... (and of this 5-6 Gw is exported out of our province..... most of
> that to the U.S.).
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> Greg Manning,
> Manitoba, Canada
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