Comments on: Last CA nuke plant to close https://calwatchdog.com/2016/06/27/last-ca-nuke-plant-close/ Wed, 29 Jun 2016 16:57:47 +0000 hourly 1 By: T Ted America https://calwatchdog.com/2016/06/27/last-ca-nuke-plant-close/#comment-122132 Wed, 29 Jun 2016 16:57:47 +0000 http://calwatchdog.com/?p=89638#comment-122132 In reply to Spurwinjg Plover.

LOL poor Plover……..yes—- corporations will monitor our public health concerns adequately —–lmao—— i heart doomers

]]> By: Spurwinjg Plover https://calwatchdog.com/2016/06/27/last-ca-nuke-plant-close/#comment-122119 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 22:58:34 +0000 http://calwatchdog.com/?p=89638#comment-122119 We realy need to totaly abolish the EPA

]]> By: Ronald https://calwatchdog.com/2016/06/27/last-ca-nuke-plant-close/#comment-122116 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 17:54:20 +0000 http://calwatchdog.com/?p=89638#comment-122116 Our elected officials and now PG&E follow the source of votes. “Green” wind and solar buys votes, but nuclear loses votes. 84% of our power comes from fossil fuels inclusive of natural gas and nuclear, while the “green” wind and solar provide 6%. Coal power plants still provides 34% of America’s electricity. Natural Gas plants have grown to 1,725, providing about 30% of the nation’s electricity. Nuclear is growing internationally, but stagnated at 61 nuclear power plants in the USA providing roughly 20% on the nation’s electricity. Hydropower is the biggest renewable source with 1,420 hydroelectric dams providing 7% of the nation’s electricity. Complemented with heavy subsidizing, Wind power is surging in the Midwest and Great Plain, has grown to almost 5% of the nation’s electricity, with growth driven by tax credits and federal subsidies. Complemented with heavy subsidizing, solar power is growing, but with all the hype, it’s a tiny player with less than 1% of the nation’s electricity. It’s very apparent that our elected officials support the “underdog” green movement to wind and solar, and have successfully gotten the votes to continue that crusade. Replacing Diablo Canyon’s 2 megawatts of nuclear power that services about 1.7 million homes, will place more demand on fossil fuels, as “green intermittent” power has difficulty serving commercial 24/7 usage demands.

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