Indian Nuclear Progress Rebutted
Jul. 30th, 2008 02:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
webfarmerThis just in from the Wall Street Journal's letters department on why a recent glowing report by a former Indian AEC big whig was far from accurate. So to speak. They make three correcting points but I'll only note one below. Once again, you can't get there from here.
New Delhi's Nuclear Gains - WSJ - 30 Jul 08
"Finally, the deal will not help India meet its burgeoning energy needs. Even with the deal, nuclear power is not expected to exceed 8-9% of India's total electrical capacity through 2032. Instead the United States should encourage and assist India with efforts to burn coal more cleanly, devise better energy efficiency and conservation programs, modernize and expand its grid and develop decentralized renewable energy resource generation."
New Delhi's Nuclear Gains - WSJ - 30 Jul 08
"Finally, the deal will not help India meet its burgeoning energy needs. Even with the deal, nuclear power is not expected to exceed 8-9% of India's total electrical capacity through 2032. Instead the United States should encourage and assist India with efforts to burn coal more cleanly, devise better energy efficiency and conservation programs, modernize and expand its grid and develop decentralized renewable energy resource generation."
