Fuel Adjustment?!
July 16, 2008 by Laura | Trackback URI
I just opened my electric bill. The energy charge for 2389kWh is $134.31. The fuel adjustment - the additional cost Entergy tacks on to account for the higher cost of the fuel it takes to create the electricity - is $191.12. I can’t say I wasn’t warned, but… good grief.
Thanks, Congress! If the cheese eating surrender monkeys can have nuclear power, why again can’t we? France exports electricity, for pity’s sake. And given that Pemex (and consequently Mexico) is on the brink of collapse, it might not be a bad idea if we were in position to export some as well.
Three Mile Island and that Jane Fonda movie were a long time ago and it’s high time you got over it. There is no good reason we should have so few plants that provide relatively cheap, clean energy.
Well, maybe we can. (h/t Instapundit) Those new mini-reactors look very interesting.
“They’re simple and robust, with safety features to allow a country without nuclear expertise to gradually put in small plants, and get people trained and familiar with them before moving into more complex plants.”
… The new unit can be manufactured cheaply, with standard turbines from General Electric, for example, rather than custom-made parts. Because the steel reactor vessel is only 9 ft. in diameter, it can be made entirely in the U.S., rather than relying on Japan Steel Works, the only manufacturer who can cast today’s one-piece, 25-ft.-plus reactor vessels.
Each 45-megawatt electrical unit would generate enough power for about 45,000 homes.
Nuclear and wind energy are sure things and well worth the investment. Everything else can wait.
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