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Arguing against nuclear is de facto arguing for coal. Current options for renewable baseload power generation are limited. This will with any luck change some
by Crito 13y ago
Arguing against nuclear is de facto arguing for coal. Current options for renewable baseload power generation are limited. This will with any luck change sometime in the future, but in the present less nuclear means more coal.
Using less power is not a realistic proposal. You should not expect that to be taken seriously.
- sp332 13y agoActually, thanks partly to more-efficient tech and mostly to the economy, America's energy usage has been lower in the past few years.
- Crito 13y agoDo you have a source for that? Wolfram Alpha shows a slight dip corresponding with the recession, and the data cuts off at 2010, but the overall trend seems pretty damming: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=us+power+usage http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=us+power+usage
- sp332 13y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_in_the_United_States#Consumption https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_in_the_United_States#Co... shows residential and commercial electricity usage declining in 2000 but doesn't seem to have later data. http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/national_world/2013/12/31/u-s--homes-using-far-less-power.html http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/national_world/2013/... says homes are down to using less energy in 2013 than anytime since the early 2000's. Here's a graph of energy use over time http://nation.time.com/2013/10/24/interactive-see-how-americas-energy-appetite-has-changed-over-40-years/ http://nation.time.com/2013/10/24/interactive-see-how-americ...