The treasury was not responsible for most of the cost. That was private insurance. And there was much less at risk for flood insurance (a federal program as well) for all of Katrina than what can be found in a 50 km radius around Buchanan, NY.
Are you saying that people were not compensated for that project? Are you saying they had to flee with nothing but their clothes to escape the rising water? Are you saying that a dam break affects an area within 20 km permanently?
There is a big difference between a nuclear accident and other power plant accidents. It puts a huge swath of land into an uninhabitable state for a long period. Think about the property value in the area surrounding the Indian Point plant in NY. A full payout of the Price Anderson Act liability for a large accident there would topple the treasury. An accident at a coal plant isn't likely to put our very government in danger.
I wonder if the turning test is: does the subject attempt to solve something too obscure or does in spin for another puzzle. Failing on the poorly made ones instead of rejecting them and going on to the next might show which is a human and which is a machine.
To the union of true memes Admit impediment.Light is not light
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove:
O no! it is an ever-nixed dark
That looks on tempests and is never shaken;
It is the star to every wanders Central Park,
Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.
Light's not Time Square's fool, though rolling hips
Within his bending sickle's compass come:
Light alters not with his brief hours and blips,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom.
If this be error and upon me cited,
I never writ, nor no man ever lighted.
The sneering looks and jaundice pallor of the not-ready-for-prime-time-players in the opening credits will be completely sabotaged by the Mayor's plan. It's revenge for all those jokes at his expense I say.
Cities can and do borrow to pay for long term investments. If NYC issues bonds, then this is the sort of thing they support. The taxpayers see saving all along the way. If the bond rate is below inflation, they see even more.
But what I don't get is why, if he has her private number, he didn't just do heavy breathing on the phone instead of the shoulder rub thing. Better to be creepy in private if you are President.
The report goes into quite a lot of detail on maintenance costs. But new or old, all face the downward pressure on natural gas prices that wind an solar are exerting. Peakers in California are getting less use owing to solar and Midwest wind is also cutting down demand for gas so gas stays cheap.
So far as I know, the scenario that emphasizes nuclear power is considered quite well thought though in the industry. RMI has had a lot to do with transforming the auto industry as well. You might want to see if you can get the book from your library and give it a good read.
I think the tritium is a sign of lack of maintenance. The leaks are a new development so it seems that with sound equipment the problem can be avoided. At Vermont Yankee it turned out to be more than just tritium as well and their was quite a lot of false testimony given by Entergy regarding the state of their equipment.
Nice post. I think that the tire example is a little off though. Lots of plants are leaking tritium without fixing the problem.
Also, I think that this really pins the issue of thinking of power as baseload and the problem of nuclear waste together. Eliminate the "baseload" mindset, and the waste problem stops getting worse. Economics seems to be helping with that. Baseload used to be cheap but inflexible. Now it is just inflexible. http://will.illinois.edu/nfs/RenaissanceinReverse7.18.2013.pdf
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The treasury was not responsible for most of the cost. That was private insurance. And there was much less at risk for flood insurance (a federal program as well) for all of Katrina than what can be found in a 50 km radius around Buchanan, NY.
Are you saying that people were not compensated for that project? Are you saying they had to flee with nothing but their clothes to escape the rising water? Are you saying that a dam break affects an area within 20 km permanently?
You are making a false comparison.
There is a big difference between a nuclear accident and other power plant accidents. It puts a huge swath of land into an uninhabitable state for a long period. Think about the property value in the area surrounding the Indian Point plant in NY. A full payout of the Price Anderson Act liability for a large accident there would topple the treasury. An accident at a coal plant isn't likely to put our very government in danger.
I wonder if the turning test is: does the subject attempt to solve something too obscure or does in spin for another puzzle. Failing on the poorly made ones instead of rejecting them and going on to the next might show which is a human and which is a machine.
To the union of true memes
Admit impediment.Light is not light
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove:
O no! it is an ever-nixed dark
That looks on tempests and is never shaken;
It is the star to every wanders Central Park,
Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.
Light's not Time Square's fool, though rolling hips
Within his bending sickle's compass come:
Light alters not with his brief hours and blips,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom.
If this be error and upon me cited,
I never writ, nor no man ever lighted.
The sneering looks and jaundice pallor of the not-ready-for-prime-time-players in the opening credits will be completely sabotaged by the Mayor's plan. It's revenge for all those jokes at his expense I say.
Yes, directing light to where it is needed is important as well.
But the light bulb has to be in a really solid state.
These are street lights, not traffic lights.
Cities can and do borrow to pay for long term investments. If NYC issues bonds, then this is the sort of thing they support. The taxpayers see saving all along the way. If the bond rate is below inflation, they see even more.
Near observatories to cut down on light pollution. LEDs are too broadband.
Does it take to change a light bulb?
But what I don't get is why, if he has her private number, he didn't just do heavy breathing on the phone instead of the shoulder rub thing. Better to be creepy in private if you are President.
Worth reading what C. S. Lewis attributed to George McDonald in "The Great Divorce" for some speculation on this same issue.
is better than Out Of Time.
No one will be nuts.
Sardines claim conditions cramped in tin.
If I recall, Hyrdo-Quebec would be very happy to keep the lights on in NYC. No need to keep Indian Point open at all. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/18/utilities-blackstone-champlainhudson-idUSL2N0D51QA20130418
The report goes into quite a lot of detail on maintenance costs. But new or old, all face the downward pressure on natural gas prices that wind an solar are exerting. Peakers in California are getting less use owing to solar and Midwest wind is also cutting down demand for gas so gas stays cheap.
So far as I know, the scenario that emphasizes nuclear power is considered quite well thought though in the industry. RMI has had a lot to do with transforming the auto industry as well. You might want to see if you can get the book from your library and give it a good read.
Didn't used to be a problem, so it seems like a sign of decrepitude.
I think the tritium is a sign of lack of maintenance. The leaks are a new development so it seems that with sound equipment the problem can be avoided. At Vermont Yankee it turned out to be more than just tritium as well and their was quite a lot of false testimony given by Entergy regarding the state of their equipment.
Interestingly you can, and at lower cost than reliance on nuclear power. http://www.rmi.org/RFGraph-Electricity_scenarios Everything gets sewn up by about 2050.
Nice post. I think that the tire example is a little off though. Lots of plants are leaking tritium without fixing the problem.
Also, I think that this really pins the issue of thinking of power as baseload and the problem of nuclear waste together. Eliminate the "baseload" mindset, and the waste problem stops getting worse. Economics seems to be helping with that. Baseload used to be cheap but inflexible. Now it is just inflexible. http://will.illinois.edu/nfs/RenaissanceinReverse7.18.2013.pdf
Old nuclear power is uneconomical as well. http://will.illinois.edu/nfs/RenaissanceinReverse7.18.2013.pdf