Chris Zell <chrisz...@wetmtv.com> wrote: ** > Germans are shutting down nukes and shunning nat gas while burning more > dirty lignite. A green shift? really? >
Yeah. That is a shame. You can understand why people are afraid of nukes, after Fukushima. There were more revelations on NHK yesterday about nukes built on top of fault lines. Many of the ones now shuttered will never re-open because of that. They are burning more fossil fuel because of that. Meanwhile, in China air pollution has reached unprecedented levels. You have to give them credit though; they are taking bold measures to reduce the smoke. They are building 28 nukes and a lot of wind power too. See: http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf63.html QUOTE: "Mainland China has 17 nuclear power reactors in operation, 28 under construction, and more about to start construction. Additional reactors are planned, including some of the world's most advanced, to give a five- or six-fold increase in nuclear capacity to 58 GWe by 2020, then possibly 200 GWe by 2030, and 400 GWe by 2050." - Jed
