November 2011- The Electric Power System of the Far Future- Possibly
by Eric B. ForsythRev 11/22/11 Everyone knows that it is dangerous to make predictions, we live in a world of random happenstance: wars, plagues, natural disasters, etc. But there is one prediction we can make about the electric power system with some certainty: when the fossil fuel reserves are gone it will be completely different from what we have now. That’s because at present about 66% of the power generated in the US is derived from plants fired by coal or natural gas, in passing note…