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To: Art Bechhoefer who wrote (102552)	5/16/2001 9:30:26 AM
From: yard_man	Respond to of 436258

so much misinformation in that post -- I don't know where to start -- first thing I am going to do is dig up the facts from indisputable sources and link them so other folks won't be confused by such baloney -- it may have to wait until lunch time, though

To: Art Bechhoefer who wrote (102552)	5/16/2001 10:02:31 AM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 436258

Art - according to DOE, in 1999 (don't have any more recent data than that) coal generation was 51% of total electric power generated. >>Net generation in 1999 increased from 3,618 billion kWh in 1998 to 3,691 billion kWh, reflecting an increase of 2.0 percent in demand for electricity(14) (Table 5). Coal provided 51.0 percent of total generation (1,882 billion kWh), followed by nuclear at 19.7 percent or 728 billion kWh (Figure 4). Nuclear-powered generation increased by 8.1 percent (compared to 1998), due to a significant improvement in the capacity factors (up to 85.5 percent, from 78.2 percent in 1998) (15) for these plants during the year.(16) Fewer maintenance outages and a return to service of three nuclear plants also contributed to an increased generation from nuclear plants. Gas-fired units provided 15.3 percent or 565 billion kWh of total generation in 1999, increasing its output 2.9 percent from 1998. Hydroelectric facilities supplied another 8.3 percent (a decline of about 3.6 percent from the previous year) of the total generation in 1999. Energy sources in the "Other" category (which include biomass, wind, photovoltaic, geothermal, and solar thermal) contributed 2.4 percent of total generation. << eia.doe.gov

To: Art Bechhoefer who wrote (102552)	5/16/2001 11:37:04 AM
From: edamo	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

art..."photovoltaic" will never become practical for large scale power generation.... why? storage required along with conversion equipment...not to mention the low voltage that it generates....makes it not viable as a transmittable power source... generation required above 4.16kv, be it steam,water or gas driven, then stepped up to transmission lines in the 500kv range...longer the distance, higher the transmission voltage... photovoltaic ample to feed a grid at 120/240 volts....and current storage battery technology and inverters don't meet the needs