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The Environment / Re: Would nuclear energy make much of an impact on global warming?
« on: 24/10/2022 10:39:43 »
Not at all. The density of workers in an office is much higher than at home, so less space heating and lighting per capita is the norm, which is why the taxman is quite generous towards the selfemployed in this respect.
I might revise my estimate towards 4.5 kW since, on a worldwide scale, a lot of commuters actually make something in a factory (not the UK, obviously) and therefore need to be there and consume energy. And "white van man" is an essential part (maybe 30%) of commuter road traffic because you can't bring your roof to his workshop.
We also need to consider the opening "standard of living" phrase. Trains and buses run pretty much all day because folk need to go shopping and like to visit sick relatives......Service frequency may double during rush hours, but that's only quarter of the working day, and airline schedules are limited only by airspace considerations.
Personal transport is part of our aspirations - and everyone else's. Trade transport is pretty much inevitable. Some years back I did the calculations for a "back to nature" cooperative who wanted to use horses. It turned out that, if they were going to trade in the local city, a van would emit less CO2 because it only did so when it was working, whilst the horse would breathe and fart all and every day.
I might revise my estimate towards 4.5 kW since, on a worldwide scale, a lot of commuters actually make something in a factory (not the UK, obviously) and therefore need to be there and consume energy. And "white van man" is an essential part (maybe 30%) of commuter road traffic because you can't bring your roof to his workshop.
We also need to consider the opening "standard of living" phrase. Trains and buses run pretty much all day because folk need to go shopping and like to visit sick relatives......Service frequency may double during rush hours, but that's only quarter of the working day, and airline schedules are limited only by airspace considerations.
Personal transport is part of our aspirations - and everyone else's. Trade transport is pretty much inevitable. Some years back I did the calculations for a "back to nature" cooperative who wanted to use horses. It turned out that, if they were going to trade in the local city, a van would emit less CO2 because it only did so when it was working, whilst the horse would breathe and fart all and every day.
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