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**sarasmid** · 02-04-2006, 12:46 PM

Without doing the exact math, I would say we would need hundreds of nuclear power plants to not only replace the oil and gas fired ones in use today, but also to create enough energy to make all that hydrogen at night…...

The facts don’t support this assessment.
 Right now we have 103 nuke reactors at 65 plants., producing 94,000 MW, or 2,256,000,000 KWH/day.
 We import 10,000,000 bbls of crude/ day.
 A barrel of crude produces 1610 KWH.

Doing the math, that equates to 735 new reactors to replace the imported oil. This may seem like a lot to someone with a pessimistic attitude, but this is a country of optimists. Based on the past results of the “unachievable” goals that this country has met and surpassed, I’d say that this is a relatively simple ans achievable goal.

Keep in mid also that there are a lot of other things available to reduce the overall number of reactors needed.
 Transition to diesel, electric and hybrid for cars and trucks.
 Better use of rail transportation, still the most energy efficient method of transporting freight across land.
 Better use of clean coal technology. We have 250 years known supply.
 Exploitation of natural gas reserves.
 Alternate sources (wind, solar, geothermal, tidal and wave).
 Continued energy efficient devices, such as LED lighting and LCD displays.

02-04-2006, 12:46 PM	#18
sarasmid Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 445 Senior Member	Without doing the exact math, I would say we would need hundreds of nuclear power plants to not only replace the oil and gas fired ones in use today, but also to create enough energy to make all that hydrogen at night…... The facts don’t support this assessment.  Right now we have 103 nuke reactors at 65 plants., producing 94,000 MW, or 2,256,000,000 KWH/day.  We import 10,000,000 bbls of crude/ day.  A barrel of crude produces 1610 KWH. Doing the math, that equates to 735 new reactors to replace the imported oil. This may seem like a lot to someone with a pessimistic attitude, but this is a country of optimists. Based on the past results of the “unachievable” goals that this country has met and surpassed, I’d say that this is a relatively simple ans achievable goal. Keep in mid also that there are a lot of other things available to reduce the overall number of reactors needed.  Transition to diesel, electric and hybrid for cars and trucks.  Better use of rail transportation, still the most energy efficient method of transporting freight across land.  Better use of clean coal technology. We have 250 years known supply.  Exploitation of natural gas reserves.  Alternate sources (wind, solar, geothermal, tidal and wave).  Continued energy efficient devices, such as LED lighting and LCD displays.
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