A first for Canada: New type of nuclear plant opening by 2028

Re:A first for Canada: New type of nuclear plant opening by ... by mrep on Thursday May 05, 2022 @03:06PM (#31277266)

I'm not suggesting we use a non carbon heating system. We already have methane furnaces all over the country, the storage for it, and the infrastructure to pipe it around. We just need to stop pulling it out of the ground and use electric -> methane power to gas which has a 51–65% efficiency range which combined with modern day furnaces that are 90+% efficient, is not too bad.

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Re:A first for Canada: New type of nuclear plant opening by ... by modo_mario on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @09:30AM (#31339663)

So they are still quite inefficient even if accept your efficiency range. Then there's the high costs associated with the catalysts or membranes, etc depending on what technology you use.

We're not even using pumped storage nowhere near enough where possible and it's the vast majority of all utility scale storage but the amount of people that somehow champion power to gas as this grand thing that's anywhere close to being able to compete with it at scale is staggering.

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