Yes, they have
nuclear electricity in Camden.
Let us assume that a $12 billion dollar subsidy for two forms of energy
existed. (I really don't buy it, but I don't give a fuck, since I clearly support all subsidies for the amelioration of the global climate change crisis.)
Let's do some numbers: The US is going to build 13 new nuclear power plants and the capacity will be 17,000 MW.
http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/reactors.htmAt 90% capacity loading, this represents about 0.48 exajoules of electrical energy and roughly 1.5 exajoules per year of primary energy if the thermal efficiency of the plants is 33%.
Let's ignore the fact that the solar industry already is incapable of increasing it's already tiny capacity in exajoules, and look at the latest solar buzz price:
As of this writing the cost of solar electricity is 21.44 per kilowatt-hour or roughly twice the
retail price of electricity in Camden where people who are not considered part of "everyone" live. www.solarbuzz.com
Using arithmetic, we see that $12 billion dollars would buy 56 billion kilowatt-hours of solar electricity and this ignores the need for any batteries. This can easily be converted to 0.2 exajoules.
Thus if one were to pay 12 billion dollars in subsidies, ignoring the cost of batteries, one would get more 2.4 times as much energy for the nuclear investment.
Note that I am using figures I really don't buy, specifically the $12 billion figure. In any case, I am on record as favoring 100 billion dollar (or more) subsidies for nuclear power in any case, since it is money
wisely spent.
It is well known that the external cost of nuclear energy is much lower,
including CO2 emissions, than the external cost of solar PV energy. Therefore one would not only save in absolute energy terms, but in emissions of global climate change gases.
Here is a list of new nuclear power plants that came on line in 2005:
Higashidori 1 - TOHOKU (1067 MW(e) BWR, Japan) began commercial operation on 8 December
Kalinin 3 (950 MW(e) PWR-WWER, Russia) began commercial operation on 8 November
Khmelnitski 2 (950 MW(e), PWR-WWER, Ukraine) began commercial operation on 7 September
Shika 2 (1304 MW(e), ABWR, Japan) was connected to the grid on 4 July
Tarapur 4 (490 MW(e), PHWR, India) was connected to the grid on 4 June
Higashidori 1 - TOHOKU (1067 MW(e) BWR, Japan) was connected to the grid on 9 March
Hamaoka 5 (1325 MW(e), ABWR, Japan) began commercial operation on 18 January
Ulchin 6 (960 MW(e), PWR, South Korea) was connected to the grid on 7 January
Here is a list of the plants that came on line in 2004:
Qinshan 2-2, 610 MW(e), PWR, China, (March)
Hamaoka 5, 1325 MW(e), ABWR, Japan, (April)
Khmelnitski 2, 950 MW(e), PWR (WWER), Ukraine, (August)
Rovno 4, 950 MW(e), PWR (WWER), Ukraine, (October)
Kalinin 3, 950 MW(e) PWR (WWER), Russia, (December)
Pickering 1 (515 MWe) was reconnected in Canada to the grid after refurbishment on Sept. 26 2005. Bruce 3 (790MWe) was reconnected to the grid in Canada in January of 2004.
None of these plants broke the bank in the countries where they now operate.
Dick Cheney. LOL. Buckshot. Sam. Charles. Wyly.
In 2004 the following nuclear plants were shuttered for good:
Chapelcross A, B, C, D units, 50 MW(e)/each, GCR, UK, (June)
Ignalina 1, 1185 MW(e), RBMK, Lithuania, (December), a total capacity roughly about the size of Hamaoka 5.
In 2005 the following nuclear plants were shut for good:
Barsebäck 2 (600 MW(e), BWR, Sweden) was shut-down on 31 May
Obrigheim (340 MW(e), PWR, Germany) was shut-down on 11 May, a total capacity about equal to Ulchin 6.
I used to hear all the time about how nuclear power was dying. The numbers belie this claim.
Dick Cheney. LOL. Buckshot. Heart attack. Quail. Radioactive. Yucca Mountain.
The nuclear power plants that came on line in 2005 alone at 90% capacity loading will provide about 0.65 exajoules per year of electrical energy, and about 2 exajoules of primary energy. I note that this 0.65 exajoules of
new nuclear capacity is 10 times as large as the
entire output of the solar (PV and thermal combined) industry in the United States in 2004.
http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/solar.renewables/page/trends/table1.htmlDick Cheney may not be too good at flushing bird shit, but I am.