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Dead_Parrot

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17. Wow. I am genuinely in awe.
Mon Apr 16, 2012, 12:12 AM
Apr 2012

You produce dozens of posts, and several OPs, on how buying electricity based on fuel cost steers generation from sources with high fuel-cost.

You then sit there, nonplussed, wondering how a source with fuel cost of under a cent per KWh might possibly replace sources with a fuel cost of 5-10c (gas) or 3-5c (coal).

Congratulations! You taken nuclear exceptionalism to a whole new level.


k&r - It's a bait-and-switch that should be strongly opposed. nt bananas Apr 2012 #1
In the face of the documentation on the way nuclear will work into the mix kristopher Apr 2012 #2
That's a lie. AtheistCrusader Apr 2012 #3
It isn't a lie and there is nothing wrong with the "theory". kristopher Apr 2012 #4
So are geothermal and concentrating solar (also thermal) obstructing the development of renewables? AtheistCrusader Apr 2012 #5
Certain people here XemaSab Apr 2012 #6
You really don't understand that we are dealing with economics based on... kristopher Apr 2012 #7
Criticizing his grasp on economics?... Dead_Parrot Apr 2012 #8
Still can't contribute anything without building a strawman? kristopher Apr 2012 #9
.... Dead_Parrot Apr 2012 #10
What do you call your false claims about what the article said? kristopher Apr 2012 #11
A false claim? how remiss of me. Dead_Parrot Apr 2012 #12
I've posted several threads about the merit order effect. kristopher Apr 2012 #13
Indeed. I recall I called it a neat trick, and that it hid the surcharge Dead_Parrot Apr 2012 #15
What I'd like to see is a mechanism that proves HOW nuclear shuts down less expensive fossil plants. kristopher Apr 2012 #14
How do wind and solar shut down fossil plants? XemaSab Apr 2012 #16
Wow. I am genuinely in awe. Dead_Parrot Apr 2012 #17
On other words you can't answer the question. kristopher Apr 2012 #18
If you want me to explain the answer using smaller words, you need to say 'please'. Dead_Parrot Apr 2012 #19
You can't explain an answer you haven't given. kristopher Apr 2012 #20
lol. suit yourself. Dead_Parrot Apr 2012 #22
What is the mechanism by which nuclear shuts down coal? kristopher Apr 2012 #24
Kris, the wording you used in #18 shows you understand perfectly well... Dead_Parrot Apr 2012 #26
I'm just waiting for you to explain the mechanism behind nuclear shutting down coal kristopher Apr 2012 #28
Really, kris? Dead_Parrot Apr 2012 #29
I've already asked 6 times kristopher Apr 2012 #30
Then I'll line up a lesson for you Dead_Parrot Apr 2012 #31
IOW you haven't got a clue and you need time to work up something that doesn't sound foolish. kristopher Apr 2012 #32
Oh come off it. AtheistCrusader Apr 2012 #21
Since I never intimated that it was about "perceptions" I don't know who you are responding to. kristopher Apr 2012 #23
Really? AtheistCrusader Apr 2012 #25
The reality is not in accord with *your* perceptions which are drawn from... kristopher Apr 2012 #27
As I asked, you can simply admit there are exceptions. AtheistCrusader Apr 2012 #33
Or you could admit that you aren't really interested in what I'm writing about kristopher Apr 2012 #34
kick kristopher Apr 2012 #35
This can't possibly be true. FBaggins Apr 2012 #36
Funny. Haha. kristopher Apr 2012 #37
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