RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:My post on the VillageOldnagger wrote: My post about Coal was merely to point out that the global reserve life according to the EIA and other sources is estimated around 133 years versus 51 years for nat gas and 45 years for oil.
Now this is a tricky subject , since reserve estimates are imprecise and changeable particularly as commodity prices change. Reserve life is also dependent upon annual consumption.
My thoughts at the time of posting were that as global warming concerns and mania increase then consumption rates would change . The greatest reduction would be for Coal, therefore its reserve life would increase the most.
Ultimately, the world will need to rely on Coal for most of its energy and petrochemical needs.
Perhaps by then , there will be huge production of other power.
45 years ago , I changed employment back to petroleum from designing cooling water systems and steam tracing for the world's last 2 heavy water plants at Glace Bay and La Prade. Both projects were taken out of the hands of capable engineering firms and forced into the incompetent and corrupt hands of Lavalin (to whom I had been seconded ) Lavalin got rich, Canada got nothing.
My point is that if Canada wants to join in a nuclear future, it would do very well to first get rid of the incumbent scumbags !!
Got Ya O N, thanks for the recap. I recall at Glace Bay hearing that the pipes rusted out because they weren't spec'd for salt water.