OT - Prius Fuel Economy

[Patrice LACOUTURE (GMail)]

It meant oil, gas, coal, tar ;-) and all kinds of fossil matter that one 
can burn...

Sorry for my poor english :-)

Patrice

keith_w a écrit :
> Patrice LACOUTURE (GMail) wrote:
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> A bit chopped out, for brevity, but I've one question, so I can put all 
> that you wrote in place:
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> What's "thermic?"
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> keith whaley
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>> The exact figures for 2005 (as has roughly been since the mid 80s) are:
>>     - nuke: 78%
>>     - *thermic*: 11%
>>     - hydraulic: 10%
>>     - wind and solar: 0.2%
>> (from Electricité de France, 
>> http://www.industrie.gouv.fr/energie/statisti/pdf/elec-analyse-stat.pdf).
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>> The French answer (for now, but of course there's controversy on this), 
>> is "stop fossil energy now, live to develop clean, renewable energies, 
>> and in the meantime fill the gap with the nasty nukes".
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>> I'm quite satisfied with this position, as I believe it's the most 
>> ecologically safe (ecologists will brobably burn me alive for writing this).
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>> I just can't understand some very "ecologist" countries, like Germany, 
>> that shut down nuclear plants to open new coal *thermic* ones, and pour 
>> more CO2 into the atmosphere!
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>> Patrice
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