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You are deceiving... Where did your get your information that nuclear power is "minor part" of electric energy production? See this table: http://www.world-nuc

You are deceiving... Where did your get your information that nuclear power is "minor part" of electric energy production? See this table: http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/nshare.html http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/nshare.html If you see this is practically a list of major industrialized countries. Two of the biggest (China and India) countries that will grow their energy needs tremendously are going to rely on nuclear power massively in the future. EDIT: Darn, I apologize :).

maigret 16y ago
On the same site :D "The IAEA projections would give nuclear power a 13.5 to 14.6% share in electricity production in 2020, and 12.6 to 15.9% in 2030." http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf17.html http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf17.html BTW there is currently around as much renewable energy than nuclear worldwide.
maigret 16y ago
To your edit... No problem :) My karma is getting slammed on this discussion anyway :D To your precedent point about computers and home electricity consumption: most energy actually goes into heating/cooling, that's where passive improvements can do most - better isolation, passive air cooling etc. They are huge possible gains with that. And implementing these improvements makes local small companies thrive, rather than multinational energy companies.
- JanezStupar 16y ago
  Be kind and provide some references. I'm pretty certain that heavy industry is helluva big consumer. Regarding home cooling and heating - I would expect that at least heating is primarily done via other means not electricity. Cooling may be a bigger problem, especially in the most developed countries. In any case I agree with you that we need to make our housing more energy efficient. And there are a lot of ways to do it, once we realize that concrete bricks might be fast and cheap to produce but beyond that not quite the best option.
  - maigret 16y ago
    I like to have heated discussions... Helps getting to the deepness of the topic :) I think I provided more link that most of the people contradicting me here. You are one the few providing links. Yes you're right: note than electricity is a subset of energy, so the part of nuclear in the total energy produced is even smaller. Think of transport. Electricity heating is strong where nuclear is strong, take France. So I think both are related, but your point is still valid.

maigret 16y ago

On the same site :D "The IAEA projections would give nuclear power a 13.5 to 14.6% share in electricity production in 2020, and 12.6 to 15.9% in 2030." http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf17.html http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf17.html BTW there is currently around as much renewable energy than nuclear worldwide.

maigret 16y ago

To your edit... No problem :) My karma is getting slammed on this discussion anyway :D To your precedent point about computers and home electricity consumption: most energy actually goes into heating/cooling, that's where passive improvements can do most - better isolation, passive air cooling etc. They are huge possible gains with that. And implementing these improvements makes local small companies thrive, rather than multinational energy companies.

JanezStupar 16y ago
Be kind and provide some references. I'm pretty certain that heavy industry is helluva big consumer. Regarding home cooling and heating - I would expect that at least heating is primarily done via other means not electricity. Cooling may be a bigger problem, especially in the most developed countries. In any case I agree with you that we need to make our housing more energy efficient. And there are a lot of ways to do it, once we realize that concrete bricks might be fast and cheap to produce but beyond that not quite the best option.
- maigret 16y ago
  I like to have heated discussions... Helps getting to the deepness of the topic :) I think I provided more link that most of the people contradicting me here. You are one the few providing links. Yes you're right: note than electricity is a subset of energy, so the part of nuclear in the total energy produced is even smaller. Think of transport. Electricity heating is strong where nuclear is strong, take France. So I think both are related, but your point is still valid.