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2008-06-23 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iranians told to save energy or face loadshedding

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Posted by Fred 2008-06-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Iran

#1 Facing the same thing here due to reductionin oil production, hydro decreasing due to dams beign tornn down and new ones prevented by enviros, and also new plants being entangled in red tape and lawsuits from enviros.

Look for brownouts and blackouts in 201o-2012 thanks to us being at capacity - due to NIMBYS for conventional plants, enviros for coal, and anti-nuke morons for nuclear plants.

Posted by OldSpook 2008-06-23 01:28|| 2008-06-23 01:28|| Front Page Top

#2 if they quit separating U-235 they would have a lot more power.

Posted by 3dc 2008-06-23 05:59|| 2008-06-23 05:59|| Front Page Top

#3 Give me one JDAM and I could decrease their power production well below 35,000 MWatts.
Nuclear facilities here in the states have some pretty serious looking power feeds going into them, I can only assume that nuclear enrichment and separation takes massive amounts of energy. That might be a good place to start.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-06-23 09:34|| 2008-06-23 09:34|| Front Page Top

#4 There is some decline in use happening in the U.S. due to small changes like increased use of compact fluorescent lightbulbs, turning off the bloody computer when not actually using it, running the dishwasher between 8 pm and 8 am, things like that. Also, my local energy company (Duke, if anyone wants that detail) sent out a notice requesting permission to reduce power to my house air conditioner compressor a few minutes per hour when electricity demand peaks. If even a significant minority of customers agreed to this, that will make a difference.

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-06-23 10:51|| 2008-06-23 10:51|| Front Page Top

#5 Positive and sustainable GDP is inexorably linked to increased electric demand and supply. It is a well proven econometric used by utility planners in strategic assessments of new supply whether new build, repowering, purchasing, etc. Enviromentalists cannot have it both ways (i.e. electric car technology will go no where without a significant increase in baseload powerplants which means coal or nuclear).

Posted by Jack is Back!">Jack is Back! 2008-06-23 13:50|| 2008-06-23 13:50|| Front Page Top

#6 Wait!!!
Isnt' all of that radioactive stuff they are whipping up in those undergroung bunkers supposed to be for their power generation.

An electrical power shortage should give some credence to ole Baradei that the Iranians are building a bomb??? Wait, he's one of them!!!

Posted by James Carville 2008-06-23 20:09|| 2008-06-23 20:09|| Front Page Top

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