"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
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On Sat, 1 Mar 2008 17:43:56 -0500, Eisboch penned the following well
considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:


Nuclear power is the answer. Clean, safe and has been the center of our
solar system and of the universe for that matter, for billions of years.



That sounds more like an endorsement for solar power. Leave the
reactor on the sun where it belongs!



Wind and solar power are nice to dream about but unless you want to
radically change the way we live, (meaning going back to the early 1900's)
they simply are not practical yet, nor will they be for quite a while when
you compare them to nuclear generated power.

The largest wind generator (as of 2005) is an off-shore monster that
generates 5 mega watts of power.

http://www.reuk.co.uk/Worlds-Largest...-Generator.htm

The US currently has 104 operating nuclear plants that combined produce
almost 100,000 mega watts.
It would take about 20,000 of the wind monsters to equal that. Where are
they going to be situated?

Solar, although getting better, is still less efficient than wind.

Eisboch