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"LAKE NORMAN, N.C. - Nuclear reactors across the Southeast could be ****** to throttle back or temporarily shut down later this year because drought is drying up the rivers and lakes that supply power plants with the awesome amounts of cooling water they need to operate.
Utility officials say such shutdowns probably wouldn't result in blackouts. But they could lead to shockingly higher electric bills for millions of Southerners, because the region's utilities could be ****** to buy expensive replacement power from other energy companies."
Not just higher bills but more greehouse gases as well from the energy being generated to replace the nuke plants output.And climate change is said to have been partly responsible for this drought and the effect is we add more greenhouse gases which will make more climate change.Sounds like one big vicious cycle.:eek:
"LAKE NORMAN, N.C. - Nuclear reactors across the Southeast could be ****** to throttle back or temporarily shut down later this year because drought is drying up the rivers and lakes that supply power plants with the awesome amounts of cooling water they need to operate.
Utility officials say such shutdowns probably wouldn't result in blackouts. But they could lead to shockingly higher electric bills for millions of Southerners, because the region's utilities could be ****** to buy expensive replacement power from other energy companies."
Not just higher bills but more greehouse gases as well from the energy being generated to replace the nuke plants output.And climate change is said to have been partly responsible for this drought and the effect is we add more greenhouse gases which will make more climate change.Sounds like one big vicious cycle.:eek:
