On Dec 9, 2007 4:36 PM, Xiaofan Chen <xiaofanc@gmail.com> wrote:
> > http://www.phyast.pitt.edu/~blc/book/BOOK.html
>
> Back to the book, I just read a bit on the chapter. Now we
> need the data.
>
>

Chapter 2:
http://www.phyast.pitt.edu/~blc/book/chapter2.html

I have studied a bit on the power engineering side (I do not
like to study them but it was a pre-requisite) and from what
I learned, the US power generation capacity is actually quite
good (only some places have problems). The main problem
is the power distribution network.

In fact, I believe US does not need more power plants.
Solution:
1) to use less power by practicing a bit of constraints,
do not waste that much of energy
2) to improve the power distribution network, to replace
50s/60s/70s equipment with modern ones.
3) to outsource some heavy industry
4) to approve Kyoto protocol and future protocols, to
reduce per capita carbon emission
5) to pay more for things, including electricity, many
things are too cheap in US compared to similarly
wealthy countries, the result is the waste of resources,
including energy
...

With all these, there is no need to build more power
plants in US, at least not many more are needed,
and no nuclear power stations are needed.

The annual economic growth of US does not
justify rapid ramp up of power generation. The portion
of global warming issues caused US should be
solved by other means, not nuclear power.


Xiaofan
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