China’s wind farms can now produce more energy than all of America’s nuclear plants

[grahamhgreen]

Nukes are a dirty, dangerous fuel from a bygone era. The fact is, without taxpayers subsidies, nukes would never be built in this country. NO NUKES.

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See for comparison: http://www.eia.gov/nuclear/generation/

[leveymg]

1. Apparently, so can Europe's wind generators. :-)

Do you have some stats on US nuclear production?

[grahamhgreen]

2. Just added link:)

[djean111]

3. Oh, but how much PROFIT does wind generate, as compared to nuclear?

That seems to me to be the biggest factor for those who push nuclear.

[ND-Dem]

8. wouldn't be any profit without the government guarantees and lack of liability

[Baclava]

4. The vast majority of China's power still comes from coal fired plants

We're not much different

[Electric Monk]

5. But, too many wind farms will cause the global temperatures to go up! - Rep. Joe Barton

http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=87390

[RoccoR5955]

7. Anyone who believes that nonsense is a plain fool!

If that was the case, than places like the Netherlands, which had thousands of windmills all over an area the size of Maryland, it would be jungle. Go there sometime. You will find out that this is not the case, and they now have modern power generating windmills and the temperature barely changes!

[Electric Monk]

16. Fool is an understatement when it comes to Smokey Joe

http://content.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1997963,00.html

I am just thinking how unfair it is of you to quote their own words. It is a low blow to use what ExxonMobil has actually said against them. I mean, that is kind of a cheap shot, don't you think?

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http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Joe_Barton

[pediatricmedic]

6. Ummm, you might want to check your math and revise your headline

[Rex]

9. Yeah but too many windmills would cause the earth to rotate faster sending us all back into

the stone ages!

[SidDithers]

10. No, they can't...

because the capacity factor of wind energy averages ~ 25%.

So China might have 120,000 MW of capacity, which would produce approx:

120,000 MW x 24 hours x 365 days x 25% = 262,800,000 MWh = 262.8 TWh


US Nuclear output in 2014, from your source was 723,704,910 MWh = 723.7 TWh


So, US Nuclear produced almost 3x as much electricity as China's wind.

Sid

[DeSwiss]

11. K&R

- Bye oil, see ya!

[Major Nikon]

12. Not sure your graph is right or your conclusion

In 2014, the US produced 181,791,000 MWH of wind energy. Over the same time period, nuclear produced 797,067,000.
http://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/epm_table_grapher.cfm?t=epmt_es1b

[SidDithers]

13. So many confuse capacity with production...

some do it unintentionally.

Others do it on purpose.

Sid

[Major Nikon]

14. Which is particularly troublesome with wind power

When it's the hottest (and demand is the highest) wind tends to blow the least.

[NuclearDem]

15. No nukes!

The northeast is so much better off getting their electricity from shale and natural gas than Vermont Yankee.