I did a little google-driftnetting and found conflicting numbers, but all of them higher than the 2:1 number which I, as well as you, read sometime back from some fairly reputable source (which is why it stuck in my mind). I see numbers as high as 20:1 (obviously from industry sources) and others in the 12-16:1 ballpark, obviously far superior to the 2:1 ratio. OTOH wind turbines were rated in one paper at 37:1 (!) which is food for thought indeed.
I had better stop citing that 2:1 number and do some more homework. will try to rediscover where that number came from. I wonder if it was the result of factoring in decommissioning costs, i.e. they are not decoupled from this number as I had thought.
I did come across the interesting tidbit that "The wet storage at Yankee Rowe costs $5 million a year" -- a tidy annual payment on those hot spent rods... well I have a spare-time hobby for the next couple of days I guess, sourcing and attributing EROEI figures for various generations of nuke plant :-) The difference between theory and practise in practise ...
At any rate, I'm glad you saw that about wind turbines, for I am a big wind power advocate.
(A fond memory of mine is when an American wrote me that there is a wind farm near him that kills many birds, I could impress him by telling him where he lives: near the infamous Altamont Pass.) *Traitor*, n. A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.
(btw way, I googled 'jerome EROEI' and Google came back with the post, but alos asked "wouldn't you want to try "Jerome Heroes"?...) In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
am collecting some links (lunch break!)... The difference between theory and practise in practise ...
France seems to be running her atomic plants profitably...
