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| Thread ID: 114026 | 2010-11-15 07:08:00 | Nuclear Power stations in NZ - Yes or No? | jareemon (5207) | PC World Chat |
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| 1153111 | 2010-11-15 10:55:00 | Why not just pour all that money into r&d into getting energy from our biggest all time supply - the sun! Its safe, no by-products... its madness to me why that isnt tapped yet. (And yes I know about solar panels :p) | SoniKalien (792) | ||
| 1153112 | 2010-11-15 11:10:00 | Put as many Billions into solar research as you want, but until they make batteries big enough to store 12 hours worth of national supply, your lights are going to stay off when the sun goes down. But yes, things like steam-solar (just a whole lotta moving mirrors aimed at a tower, heating water and driving turbines) are great for day load - so long as you have a desert to put it in. |
ubergeek85 (131) | ||
| 1153113 | 2010-11-15 11:30:00 | Nuclear is still the best option as you can put the Plant near to where you want the power thus saving transmission costs. I'd put one at Tiwai Point for a start for the Aluminium smelter. They use heaps of power and it's at a subsidised cost as well. | Snorkbox (15764) | ||
| 1153114 | 2010-11-15 17:29:00 | I still have Hydro 1st choice and Nuclear 2nd choice. With Hydro the fuel is free and you get all the fringe benefits of the associated lakes. As far as I’m concerned, in NZ, there is no need to look at other alternatives. |
B.M. (505) | ||
| 1153115 | 2010-11-15 17:37:00 | Yes | prefect (6291) | ||
| 1153116 | 2010-11-15 18:22:00 | That would make it an expensive option. I think Auckland are at the stage now that they need a new hydro dam or nuclear plant if they want to avoid more blackouts. Good luck getting the greenies onboard for either of those options. Nuclear isn't cheap, full stop. For the price of one nuclear plant you could build quite a few coal fired plants which each put out the same amount of electricity. |
somebody (208) | ||
| 1153117 | 2010-11-15 18:38:00 | With time nuclear improves,I see it as the power supplier of the future. I am sure the Star ship Enterprise is powered by similar,! |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 1153118 | 2010-11-15 18:52:00 | This whole Nuclear debate and the need for more energy makes me laugh. When New Zealand has so many other options available to it for renewable energys for the population it has. Simple fact is their is enough energy produced in New Zealand it is just the distribution networks that can not cope. I used to live near one of the largest navel dockyards in the UK and refitting base of the British Nuclear Fleet of submarines. Jost one of those subs would power the city yet how would it do that? Yep distribution problem. You guys should google the name "The Lines Company" yes a cunning name for a company you would not associate with being a company aye! TLC are the distributors of electricity in the King Country and the only company in NZ that splits your bill from supplier to the sole owned Lines supply. They have in place a system called Demand Metering which means the more load on a power line you put on it the more you pay. Controversial system that many people simply can not understand. Sure build a Nuke power station which will solve all the power needs but also make sure there is a good enough distribution network of powerlines from it or else you have the same problems as now! To many people plugged in at the same time and cable melt down! |
coldfront (15814) | ||
| 1153119 | 2010-11-15 19:11:00 | I'd put one at Tiwai Point for a start for the Aluminium smelter. They use heaps of power and it's at a subsidised cost as well. Oh no you wont ... unless you want to start another civil war. All reactors must be located on the island that uses the most power ... closer the better. :D |
SP8's (9836) | ||
| 1153120 | 2010-11-15 19:17:00 | In theory, the only problem with fissioning nuclear reactors is if they fail. other than that they are pretty efficient compared to back in the day. Only problem with NZ is the waste from the reactor. NZ does not have many good places to store it, we are highly geothermal with plenty for earthquakes, also very coastal so I don't think its viable for NZ to enter the Nuclear power stage, Nuclear powered ships would be OK though, once every 20 years for the US A/C carriers, I think we could afford to send it off to someone else to deal with. Nuclear over the past years has improved significantly from the days of Chernobyl and the likes. it the next 50 years i'd like to see someone get cold fusion going. that would be a Saviour. |
The Error Guy (14052) | ||
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