[ExI] Further ranting on power sat

Keith Henson hkeithhenson at gmail.com
Mon Aug 20 04:47:49 UTC 2012


On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 1:26 PM,   Eugen Leitl <eugen at leitl.org> wrote:

> Sorry, this is incorrect. New solar is cheaper than new
> nuclear
>
> https://encrypted.google.com/search?q=solar+cheaper+than+new+nuclear&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=ubuntu&channel=fs

In that cased, you should correct this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cost_of_electricity_by_source#Estimates

And the US government report on which it is based

http://www.eia.gov/forecasts/aeo/electricity_generation.cfm

You might also inform Dr. David MacKay that his concerns are unfounded.

Keith



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