Submission + - Keep Diablo Canyon open, 75 scientists, academics and entrepreneurs tell Newsom (sanluisobispo.com) 1
gordm writes: Dr. Steven Chu, former U.S. Secretary of Energy under the Obama administration and a Nobel laureate, and more than 75 scientists, academics and entrepreneurs sent a letter to Newsom urging him to find a way to keep the plant open because of the necessary carbon-free, clean electricity it provides to the state’s electricity grid. Diablo Canyon currently provides about 18,000 gigawatt-hours of clean electricity annually, comprising of about 10% of the state’s electricity portfolio.
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“But even if California could replace Diablo Canyon with renewable energy in the near term, that is not the right goal. Mere replacement is not enough; replacement would merely freeze emissions at their currently dangerous level,” the letter reads. “The right goal is to reduce carbon emissions as fast as possible, and the right means to do that is to add renewables on top of Diablo Canyon’s carbon-free energy, not in place of that energy.”
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“But even if California could replace Diablo Canyon with renewable energy in the near term, that is not the right goal. Mere replacement is not enough; replacement would merely freeze emissions at their currently dangerous level,” the letter reads. “The right goal is to reduce carbon emissions as fast as possible, and the right means to do that is to add renewables on top of Diablo Canyon’s carbon-free energy, not in place of that energy.”
Why do they want to close it? (Score:1)
I assume this wasn't just a whim on their part. That there is something negative about the current plant. Is it expensive to operate? Will it break down soon? Does it hurt local wildlife? Address the issue(s) to get them to change their mind.