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Nuclear Energy Causes Global Warming

27 July 2010, 07:11, by Craig

The efficiency limit of a water boiling steam plant is theoretically determined by the temperature of the primary steam and that of the heat sink —or I should say the temperature of the condensate chambers. What type of fuel is used to boil the water is irrelevant. The best "thermal" plants are 50% efficient and those are usually the ones that can use a river or an ocean for the heat sink.

Since the maximum transfer of energy between two systems generally occurs when the source’s internal impedance equals the load, 50% is a common "full tilt" efficiency limit.

It’s only recently become understood that the shear heat produced by human industry, transportation, recreation —all activities, is becoming a factor in global warming —per:

> http://www.wfs.org/Oct-Nov09/Env1page.htm

But I think it will still be some while before it becomes a major factor.

Craig