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[Phys-L] a 50 state plan for renewable energy by 2050



Ciao, everybody


Before we commit ourselves to nuclear power or a continued investment in
fossil fuels, let's take a serious look at Mark Jacobson's plans.
http://news.stanford.edu/news/2014/february/fifty-states-renewables-022414.html

When we burn a hydrocarbon, each Joule of combustion is associated with
enough CO2 to add 10 kJ of radiative heating over CO2's lifetime, and twice
as much when we burn coal or coal products. To continue to add such a
burden to the atmosphere is insanity.

Ciao,
Jim
--
Jsmes J. Diamond
Professor of Chemistry
Linfield College

P.S. I am not a nuclear skeptic, but my parents lived downwind from Three
Mile Island and I was about as impressed with that power company's
management as I am with TEPCO.