Can people stop referring to nuclear, wind and solar as alternatives to oil?
Wind and solar are great, and so is nuclear. Wonderful ways to generate electricity. But there are substitutes for oil – oil is used to generate less than 2% of U.S. power (in 2006 was 2%, which is a back-up for gas plants in the Northeast, where gas is sometimes scarce and / or expensive – we have no figures for 2007 and 2008, year to date yet but because oil prices soared, and gas were flat until recently, is likely to generate less than 2% of our power to oil). nuclear, wind and solar are alternatives, or complementary, with coal and gas. Totally different fuel, the use altogether. It would help the discussion if we can get to be informed of this. Feel free to visit the website of the EIA.
Replacements Randall you're right, not direct to oil, which are substitutes for natural gas and coal.
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