Comments on: Puerto Rico, now’s your chance! https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/10/05/puerto-rico-nows-your-chance/ Thu, 30 Nov 2017 20:49:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: riverat https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/10/05/puerto-rico-nows-your-chance/#comment-456112 Sat, 07 Oct 2017 01:35:26 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=24624#comment-456112 I’ve been around here for a while so I’m familiar with the usual suspects. I wasn’t really talking to him. I’m not against nuclear just because it’s nuclear. But in today’s world it has to be one of the most expensive ways to produce power and they haven’t solved the waste disposal problem yet.

]]> By: dean my https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/10/05/puerto-rico-nows-your-chance/#comment-456111 Fri, 06 Oct 2017 18:56:46 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=24624#comment-456111 Don’t mistake rickA for someone who understands a rational argument.

]]> By: riverat https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/10/05/puerto-rico-nows-your-chance/#comment-456110 Fri, 06 Oct 2017 17:55:17 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=24624#comment-456110 And on top of that Puerto Rico’s problem is far more with the distribution system than it is with the power generation. Distributed solar would be far more resilient than a single large power plant.

]]> By: riverat https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/10/05/puerto-rico-nows-your-chance/#comment-456109 Fri, 06 Oct 2017 17:45:18 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=24624#comment-456109 They could install tens of thousands of solar PV and battery backup systems for the $10 billion it would cost to build a nuclear power plant and they wouldn’t have to have backup for when the nuclear plant is down for maintenance.

]]> By: RickA https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/10/05/puerto-rico-nows-your-chance/#comment-456108 Fri, 06 Oct 2017 12:28:33 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=24624#comment-456108 They should build a passively cooled nuclear power plant, to provide baseload power when it is dark and not windy.

]]> By: Doug Alder https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/10/05/puerto-rico-nows-your-chance/#comment-456107 Fri, 06 Oct 2017 04:40:50 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=24624#comment-456107 https://electrek.co/2017/10/05/elon-musk-tesla-rebuild-puerto-ricos-power-grid-batteries-solar/

Musk wants in

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/10/05/puerto-rico-nows-your-chance/#comment-456106 Thu, 05 Oct 2017 14:30:47 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=24624#comment-456106 I believe that a certain amount of Puerto Rico’s water supply is covered by solar as well, with plans to expand that.

]]> By: riverat https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/10/05/puerto-rico-nows-your-chance/#comment-456105 Thu, 05 Oct 2017 14:29:47 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=24624#comment-456105 An article on Reuters pointed out how a farm on Puerto Rico is back in business because of a $300,000 investment in solar PV six years ago:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-puertorico-solar/how-solar-energy-saved-a-puerto-rican-farm-from-hurricane-maria-idUSKCN1C90CG

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