Sobering statistics - our GDP the same as Russia ?

[Sundancefisher]

Originally Posted by elkhunter11

Look at these stats

https://natural-resources.canada.ca/...er-facts/20070



So if the existing plants produce 15% of Canada's electricity, how many plants that size, would it take to produce 100% of our electricity? There are approximately 450 commercial nuclear plants in the world, are you suggesting that we would need more than 10 times the worlds nuclear plants to provide electricity for Canada?

I got the stats off the page. It’s about 5000 reactors to handle all energy needs to replace oil and gas.

I’m wondering the same thing however my calculation was based upon all energy needs including fossil fuel use in vehicles. But ya. One site says the world would need 15,000 - 1,000 MW nuclear power plants… but again it was clear if it included the energy needed to replace all gasoline and natural gas.

Just looking at current Alberta electrical generation.

http://ets.aeso.ca/ets_web/ip/Market...DReportServlet

We would need 9-10 nuclear power plants just for Alberta to replace all existing electrical generation. Would need to cover 100% of peak demand so maybe 11 to be safe.

But if everyone needed electric car? How much electrical demand is that?

I’m thinking there is a conversion rate in there to factor in hours maybe?

So ya. I’m thinking the number is out of whack. Need a power output versus a yearly output. So likely need to divide the

Looks like 301 mtoe equals 11,630,000 megawatt hours.

By hours in a year maybe. 8760 hours.

Then I get us needing 1,327 one thousand MW nuclear power plants for Canada to cover all power.

US says https://usafacts.org/articles/how-mu...were-electric/ it would need 553,633 MW a day of power for just replacing all vehicles with electric.

Average nuclear power plant is 1000 MW. So the US would need 553 more nuclear plants.


So ya. My number appears way off.

Then I read this guy

http://neinuclearnotes.blogspot.com/...ermal%20energy.

And the number is even lower.

I know there are a lot more calculations that I’m willing to spend time on figuring out. Still… even if we need hundreds more nuclear plants… where will they go in Canada?