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To: Scumbria who wrote (125379)	1/18/2001 9:41:06 AM
From: willcousa	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Let's build the nuclear plants California needs on the Colorado plains at the foot of the rockies.

To: Scumbria who wrote (125379)	1/18/2001 6:32:42 PM
From: pgerassi	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Dear Scumbria: Nuclear plants do not need a lot of water. You ever hear of a invention called a dry cooling tower? Heck you have a model of that in your SUV. It is called a radiator. Yes, it costs more than a wet cooling tower or even more than simply pumping ocean water to cool the steam exhausted from the turbines to water. But, it can be done. Especially when a MWH costs $300. Consolidated Edison of Illinois has a wet cooling tower system for its Byron Nuclear Generation Station but, here we do not have a water shortage. California could buy those half finished nuclear plants that Washington Utilities built that the environmentalists said that the power would never be needed (Were they ever wrong!). Even Craig Barrett says that is what they should do. The big environmental hazard with wind turbines is dead birds (they hit the blades quite frequently). Yes, blame the power shortage on the environmentalists who say, the only good power plant is a missing one, and those NIMBY'ers who say, build it somewhere else. Kowtowing to these groups ultimately caused this problem. Maybe, they should pay for it. However, the real problem is that there is too many people in California for the area to support. They are running out of space, potable water (Colorado has this problem as a good deal of Denver potable water comes from over the divide (add Florida as well)), infrastructure, and now power. Perhaps they should all move out to the Midwest where we have a great deal of all four. Pete