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FBaggins

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10. The southeast is an area of rapid growth.

Reply to kristopher (Reply #9)

Thu Apr 19, 2012, 07:22 PM

Apr 2012

The plants that are "replaced" are the new ones that now wont get built.

Meanwhile, the nuclear plant will ensure that renewables, which do have a clear economic path for shutting down fossil fuel plants, will now not be able to deploy in the area because the nuclear plant will soak up all of the potential market for renewables by mandated purchase rather than by competition.

What an interesting fantasy. So in your world it isn't renewables that require mandated purchases, its the baseload generators?

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Germany Solar Installations May Have Tripled in First Quarter (1800 MW) [View all] jpak Apr 2012 OP

1.8 gigawatts in 3 months. kristopher Apr 2012 #1

Actually... the "good indicator"... FBaggins Apr 2012 #3

Why are you so desperate to badmouth renewable energy? kristopher Apr 2012 #4

Why do you misread correction of error to be "badmouthing"? FBaggins Apr 2012 #5

How do you feel about the $8.3 BILLION in gov't loan guarantees to build news nukes jpak Apr 2012 #6

You mean apart from wishing they would lose 1% of it FBaggins Apr 2012 #7

Except that there is no path for that nuclear plant to shut down ANY coal plants. kristopher Apr 2012 #9

The southeast is an area of rapid growth. FBaggins Apr 2012 #10

Funny, I was under the impression we were trying to REDUCE coal use... kristopher Apr 2012 #14

Of course thats the goal. FBaggins Apr 2012 #17

That is a lot of misinformation in one post, Baggins; kristopher Apr 2012 #18

"When did that become what the conversation was about?" you say? kristopher Apr 2012 #8

Lol... FBaggins Apr 2012 #11

The same response kristopher Apr 2012 #12

What a shock. FBaggins Apr 2012 #13

You didn't "correct" anything Baggins. kristopher Apr 2012 #15

Of course I did. FBaggins Apr 2012 #16

And yet still the truth remains... kristopher Apr 2012 #19

Tripled from when? FBaggins Apr 2012 #2