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2005-04-08 China-Japan-Koreas

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Posted by ed 2005-04-08 12:18:43 AM|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 40 thousand megawatts from 40 plants sounds reasonable, given that the world currently gets about 360,000 megawatts from 440 existing plants. The Chinese will be using the latest technology, which hopefully will be more efficient than some of the existing plants, thus explaining the slightly higher figures.

One hopes - you can never tell with Communist-trained engineers. They might be trying for some sort of idiotic gigantism. Cross your fingers and hope they've all been properly trained in the United States.

Posted by Mitch H. 2005-04-08 1:44:36 PM|| [http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/] 2005-04-08 1:44:36 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Even after China has built the 40 plants it will still generate less of its electricity as a percentage of the total than many developed countries. Plants that were built 30 years ago still produce cheaply reliably and are not subject to feedstock supply disruptions.

Posted by phil_b 2005-04-08 6:59:43 PM|| 2005-04-08 6:59:43 PM|| Front Page Top

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