Over on this side of the pond there is considerable concern that decisions about these two resources are being made in separate forums by separate players...not that we're doing anything besides just worrying about it...
The point is that the siting of power plants has a big effect on the distribution network...
I can also add that the consumers are far more often near the coast in Europe compared to the US. After all, why would anyone like to live far from water?
When it comes to heating sea water, that's not problem at all, at least not in the cool Baltic sea. Not far from my home we dump aout 6000 MW thermal into the sea. To see how it would affect the environment, we started a research project when the plants was built, the world unique so called Biotestsjön, the Bio Test Lake.
No negative effects have been found, though the metabolism of the fish is sped up.
Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.
Are you speaking about Sweden? Because for much of Europe, this aint' true. *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
