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Microbial Hydrogen Production http://www.afrlhorizons.com/Briefs/Jun03/ML0227.html Researchers explore microbial hydrogen production as key to an alternative...
Dear Colleague: Progressive Engineer, the online magazine and information source, has posted a feature story about the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in...
Tom Gibson / Progress...
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Jun 3, 2004 2:48 pm
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OK, you folks may not be aware of this, but the nuclear industry is making another push for reviving nuclear power. I know this happens periodically, but there...
Gar Lipow
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Jun 7, 2004 1:45 pm
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I think that the main economic issue against nuclear power is that you cannot insure it. If you insist that the operator provides an unlimited fiancial...
HEINZ.WENZL@...
Jun 7, 2004 6:04 pm
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HEINZ.WENZL@... wrote: "I think that the main economic issue against nuclear power is that you cannot insure it. If you insist that the operator...
Hi, folks, I just completed a trip today from Fresno to Salt Lake City, driving my VW New Beetle Diesel. Miles traveled: 835 miles on the trip meter....
Marc, The list wizards won't let me post here, but I wanted to reply to you, Gar and Heinz..etal on the subject I know way too much about... Insurance. The...
Mike Cook
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Jun 8, 2004 4:24 pm
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A lot of people have argued for nukes on the grounds "they exist, therefore they are cheap". Or "France does it" or "investors like it". And the argument...
Mike, Could you get rid of floods first? More of my TAX dollars are going for flood insurance. Then there is that pesky FDIC insurance. And next.... ... From:...
This won't make the "list" unless you post a reply to the list... As to Flood Insurance.... Aheheheheh... I have been an advocate of LIMITING who can buy it,...
Mike Cook
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Jun 8, 2004 7:15 pm
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... Agreed - but in areas where pumped storage and compressed air are not practical is anything cheaper NOW? Again, I'm not looking at what is viable compared...
Gar Lipow
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Jun 8, 2004 9:41 pm
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18ae3248.jpg 18ae3324.jpg A weekly newsletter from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) <http://www.eere.energy.gov/>Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable...
Hi, everybody: Last friday finished the renewable2004 conference at Bonn, Germany. The outcomes of this conference are concentrated in 3 document 1) A...
... That's a good point, Mike. To top it off, if you read your home/car insurance policy, you'll find nuclear accidents are excluded, also. Basically, if you...
... I can't see any evidence that the free market ever supported nuclear power generation. They key to use of the nuclear generation industry is nuclear...
... Actually, this is an area I know something about as well. In the U.S., liability coverage for nuclear reactor events is controlled by the Price-Anderson...
... Their primary selling point is actually the "hydrogen economy". Run the nukes full- out 24x7, and when they are producing in excess of current demand,...
... Thanks. You had mentioned this to me before, but I had dimissed it on the ground that VRB is about $350 per kwh of storage. But what I did not realize is...
Gar Lipow
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Jun 10, 2004 10:33 am
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Hi, I just wanted to let everyone know that "Talk Energy" (http://www.talkenergy.com) has been updated. Talk Energy is a new international web-site community...
I'm not sure I understand your question. There is NO difference in what a coal fired station operator is liable for than what a nuke station operator is liable...
Mike Cook
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Jun 10, 2004 10:34 am
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Liability and physical damage insurance is readily available in the open market for coal fired power plants - Gas fired, oil fired and hydro as well. The only...
Mike Cook
michaelacook@...
Jun 10, 2004 10:34 am
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Ah yes, the nuke pool.... but I can tell you that the pool is in fact subsidized by tax dollars.... otherwise, the facility owners could not afford the very...
Mike Cook
michaelacook@...
Jun 10, 2004 10:34 am
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Hello Mike You say that you know a lot about insurance - do you have figures on what the limits are, i.e. the difference in the isnurance between a coal power...
HEINZ.WENZL@...
Jun 10, 2004 10:34 am
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Thanks one final question to this issue. Do I understand correctly that the operator of a coal / gas or whatever power station is fully liable to the damage by...
HEINZ.WENZL@...
Jun 10, 2004 10:35 am
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I would have to agree with Bill on the battery issue. Putting in enough capacity to store the energy of a 150 - 200 MW wind farm would amount to a whole lot of...
Hi all, I've just added 2 alternative energy news feeds to tomorrow-energy news group. Some of you will be interested in reading the latest sources for your...
This takes us back to a subject I asked about some time ago. Can anyone shed light on what is considered the most cost efficient form of large-scale ...
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