Comments on: State News Update http://climateprogress.org/2008/06/28/state-news-update/ The Latest on Climate Science, Solutions, and Politics Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:01:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Harold Pierce Jr http://climateprogress.org/2008/06/28/state-news-update/#comment-15154 Harold Pierce Jr Sun, 29 Jun 2008 04:18:52 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2008/06/28/state-news-update/#comment-15154 There is one danger in not letting some of these coal-fired power plants being built: An extreme cold snap that requires lots of extra power and as backup for plants and grids damaged by severe weather such as ice storms or hurricanes or by earthquakes. In the short term this is always a possibility since weather from year-to-year can be quite variable and unpredictable. It will probably be at least a decade before an new nuke plants come on stream. There is one danger in not letting some of these coal-fired power plants being built: An extreme cold snap that requires lots of extra power and as backup for plants and grids damaged by severe weather such as ice storms or hurricanes or by earthquakes.

In the short term this is always a possibility since weather from year-to-year can be quite variable and unpredictable. It will probably be at least a decade before an new nuke plants come on stream.

]]> By: Ronald http://climateprogress.org/2008/06/28/state-news-update/#comment-15187 Ronald Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:31:06 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2008/06/28/state-news-update/#comment-15187 Stopping coal plants is just 10 percent of the effort. The other 90 percent is to put on the electrical grid enough other electrical power or enough efficiency and conservation so these coal plants won't be missed. Remember California and 2000/2001 electrical grid problems. That would not look good if it happens because coal plants weren't built. Stopping coal plants is just 10 percent of the effort. The other 90 percent is to put on the electrical grid enough other electrical power or enough efficiency and conservation so these coal plants won’t be missed.

Remember California and 2000/2001 electrical grid problems. That would not look good if it happens because coal plants weren’t built.

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