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dave walker's avatar

I was a BT in the late 80’s in the USN. There was a reason we switched from sails to steam ( thank you Jimmy Buffet!) This was an incredibly well done piece. Thank you so much! Keep spreading the word in hopes to stop this lunacy!!!!!

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BRIAN CAM's avatar

"The Zimmer Coal Plant when operating at full capacity of 1350 MW’s is equivalent to about 1,800,000 Horsepower. " Consider that the following is the very first sentence of the Cincinnati Enquirer story from December 8, 1985: “The cries of protest that rang out for years against a nuclear-powered Zimmer Power Plant,” the reporter wrote, “have quieted since it was announced the plant would be converted to coal power.” https://environmentalprogress.org/big-news/2017/3/28/why-the-war-on-nuclear-threatens-us-all?rq=Zimmer

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Dick Storm's avatar

Thank you Thomas Shepard for posting!

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Dick Storm's avatar

Thomas Shepstone. Thank you! Sorry about misspelling

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Al Christie's avatar

Excellent! Wish this could be a required high school class subject.

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dave walker's avatar

Outstanding article! Get this on the cover of a major newspaper or magazine and get some people to wake up!

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Poisoned Kiwi's avatar

Great article. I love this stuff. You brought back memories. The first experiment I did as an engineering student 35 years ago was the "boiler experiment" - a mass and heat balance on an old working boiler.

Reading the linked history of energy article, I'm reminded how much we didn't cover.

Thanks.

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