{"id":9836,"date":"2013-08-18T14:09:57","date_gmt":"2013-08-18T18:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/?p=9836"},"modified":"2013-08-18T14:09:57","modified_gmt":"2013-08-18T18:09:57","slug":"trolling-the-bruce-nuclear-cost-and-clean-air-calculator-for-fun-profit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/18\/trolling-the-bruce-nuclear-cost-and-clean-air-calculator-for-fun-profit\/","title":{"rendered":"Trolling the Bruce Nuclear Cost and Clean Air Calculator for Fun & Profit"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nYou might have seen the Bruce Power Cost and Clean Air Calculator<\/a>. It’s supposed to show that nuclear is both cheap and clean, and using anything else would make your bills and your emissions go through the roof. Well, here are 40+ scenarios that all save money and<\/strong> emissions while using no nuclear and no coal:<\/p>\n

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  1. 3.9% Solar, 5.7% Wind, 0.2% Gas, 0% Nuclear, 90.2% Hydro and 0% Coal saves $5.09\/month and 89.7 t\/CO2<\/sub> annually.<\/li>\n
  2. 2.1% Solar, 10.1% Wind, 0.3% Gas, 0% Nuclear, 87.5% Hydro and 0% Coal saves $8.97\/month and 89.2 t\/CO2<\/sub> annually.<\/li>\n
  3. 0.5% Solar, 23.6% Wind, 0.4% Gas, 0% Nuclear, 75.5% Hydro and 0% Coal saves $2.75\/month and 88.7 t\/CO2<\/sub> annually.<\/li>\n
  4. 2.1% Solar, 2.5% Wind, 0.8% Gas, 0% Nuclear, 94.6% Hydro and 0% Coal saves $16.32\/month and 87.1 t\/CO2<\/sub> annually.<\/li>\n
  5. 3.1% Solar, 0.2% Wind, 1.4% Gas, 0% Nuclear, 95.3% Hydro and 0% Coal saves $13.27\/month and 84.5 t\/CO2<\/sub> annually.<\/li>\n
  6. 0.6% Solar, 5.4% Wind, 1.8% Gas, 0% Nuclear, 92.2% Hydro and 0% Coal saves $19.52\/month and 82.7 t\/CO2<\/sub> annually.<\/li>\n
  7. 1.9% Solar, 15.8% Wind, 2.5% Gas, 0% Nuclear, 79.8% Hydro and 0% Coal saves $2.48\/month and 79.8 t\/CO2<\/sub> annually.<\/li>\n
  8. 0.3% Solar, 13.6% Wind, 2.5% Gas, 0% Nuclear, 83.6% Hydro and 0% Coal saves $12.08\/month and 79.7 t\/CO2<\/sub> annually.<\/li>\n
  9. 3.0% Solar, 11.7% Wind, 2.9% Gas, 0% Nuclear, 82.4% Hydro and 0% Coal saves $1.21\/month and 78.0 t\/CO2<\/sub> annually.<\/li>\n
  10. 0.1% Solar, 24.8% Wind, 3.1% Gas, 0% Nuclear, 72.0% Hydro and 0% Coal saves $1.35\/month and 77.3 t\/CO2<\/sub> annually.<\/li>\n
  11. 2.7% Solar, 4.8% Wind, 3.6% Gas, 0% Nuclear, 88.9% Hydro and 0% Coal saves $8.77\/month and 75.2 t\/CO2<\/sub> annually.<\/li>\n
  12. 4.1% Solar, 1.2% Wind, 3.9% Gas, 0% Nuclear, 90.8% Hydro and 0% Coal saves $5.96\/month and 73.6 t\/CO2<\/sub> annually.<\/li>\n
  13. 1.3% Solar, 0.3% Wind, 5.6% Gas, 0% Nuclear, 92.8% Hydro and 0% Coal saves $18.44\/month and 66.3 t\/CO2<\/sub> annually.<\/li>\n
  14. 2.4% Solar, 0.1% Wind, 6.0% Gas, 0% Nuclear, 91.5% Hydro and 0% Coal saves $13.26\/month and 64.7 t\/CO2<\/sub> annually.<\/li>\n
  15. 3.8% Solar, 4.6% Wind, 6.5% Gas, 0% Nuclear, 85.1% Hydro and 0% Coal saves $1.99\/month and 62.2 t\/CO2<\/sub> annually.<\/li>\n
  16. 1.4% Solar, 11.8% Wind, 6.8% Gas, 0% Nuclear, 80% Hydro and 0% Coal saves $5.54\/month and 61.0 t\/CO2<\/sub> annually.<\/li>\n
  17. 2.9% Solar, 5.7% Wind, 7.0% Gas, 0% Nuclear, 84.4% Hydro and 0% Coal saves $4.64\/month and 60.1 t\/CO2<\/sub> annually.<\/li>\n
  18. 0.6% Solar, 14.4% Wind, 7.6% Gas, 0% Nuclear, 77.4% Hydro and 0% Coal saves $6.09\/month and 57.7 t\/CO2<\/sub> annually.<\/li>\n
  19. 0.7% Solar, 12.1% Wind, 7.9% Gas, 0% Nuclear, 79.3% Hydro and 0% Coal saves $7.64\/month and 56.4 t\/CO2<\/sub> annually.<\/li>\n
  20. 2.1% Solar, 2.9% Wind, 8.5% Gas, 0% Nuclear, 86.5% Hydro and 0% Coal saves $104\/month and 53.5 t\/CO2<\/sub> annually.<\/li>\n
  21. 1.9% Solar, 13.5% Wind, 8.6% Gas, 0% Nuclear, 76.0% Hydro and 0% Coal saves $0.36\/month and 53.1 t\/CO2<\/sub> annually.<\/li>\n
  22. 2.5% Solar, 3.5% Wind, 8.6% Gas, 0% Nuclear, 85.4% Hydro and 0% Coal saves $7.63\/month and 53.1 t\/CO2<\/sub> annually.<\/li>\n
  23. 0% Solar, 5.4% Wind, 8.7% Gas, 0% Nuclear, 85.9% Hydro and 0% Coal saves $17.02\/month and 52.9 t\/CO2<\/sub> annually.<\/li>\n
  24. 0.5% Solar, 0.4% Wind, 8.8% Gas, 0% Nuclear, 90.3% Hydro and 0% Coal saves $19.53\/month and 52.4 t\/CO2<\/sub> annually.<\/li>\n
  25. 1.6% Solar, 3.9% Wind, 9.7% Gas, 0% Nuclear, 84.8% Hydro and 0% Coal saves $10.31\/month and 48.5 t\/CO2<\/sub> annually.<\/li>\n
  26. 2.6% Solar, 6.6% Wind, 9.9% Gas, 0% Nuclear, 80.9% Hydro and 0% Coal saves $2.76\/month and 47.6 t\/CO2<\/sub> annually.<\/li>\n
  27. 0.6% Solar, 9.6% Wind, 10.5% Gas, 0% Nuclear, 79.3% Hydro and 0% Coal saves $8.70\/month and 45.2 t\/CO2<\/sub> annually.<\/li>\n
  28. 1.4% Solar, 1.0% Wind, 10.5% Gas, 0% Nuclear, 87.1% Hydro and 0% Coal saves $13.58\/month and 44.9 t\/CO2<\/sub> annually.<\/li>\n
  29. 0.9% Solar, 12.1% Wind, 11.7% Gas, 0% Nuclear, 75.3% Hydro and 0% Coal saves $3.96\/month and 39.9 t\/CO2<\/sub> annually.<\/li>\n
  30. 0.4% Solar, 13.9% Wind, 12.6% Gas, 0% Nuclear, 73.1% Hydro and 0% Coal saves $3.89\/month and 35.7 t\/CO2<\/sub> annually.<\/li>\n
  31. 0.3% Solar, 10.7% Wind, 13.3% Gas, 0% Nuclear, 75.7% Hydro and 0% Coal saves $6.89\/month and 32.9 t\/CO2<\/sub> annually.<\/li>\n
  32. 0.3% Solar, 10.5% Wind, 13.3% Gas, 0% Nuclear, 75.9% Hydro and 0% Coal saves $7.11\/month and 32.8 t\/CO2<\/sub> annually.<\/li>\n
  33. 0.2% Solar, 17.8% Wind, 13.6% Gas, 0% Nuclear, 68.4% Hydro and 0% Coal saves $0.18\/month and 31.8 t\/CO2<\/sub> annually.<\/li>\n
  34. 2.3% Solar, 6.9% Wind, 14.0% Gas, 0% Nuclear, 76.8% Hydro and 0% Coal saves $0.96\/month and 29.8 t\/CO2<\/sub> annually.<\/li>\n
  35. 3.5% Solar, 0.2% Wind, 14.0% Gas, 0% Nuclear, 82.3% Hydro and 0% Coal saves $2.11\/month and 29.7 t\/CO2<\/sub> annually.<\/li>\n
  36. 0.6% Solar, 15.2% Wind, 14.0% Gas, 0% Nuclear, 70.2% Hydro and 0% Coal saves $0.68\/month and 29.6 t\/CO2<\/sub> annually.<\/li>\n
  37. 3.1% Solar, 3.4% Wind, 14.9% Gas, 0% Nuclear, 78.6% Hydro and 0% Coal saves $09\/month and 26.0 t\/CO2<\/sub> annually.<\/li>\n
  38. 2.2% Solar, 3.6% Wind, 16.8% Gas, 0% Nuclear, 77.4% Hydro and 0% Coal saves $2.65\/month and 17.8 t\/CO2<\/sub> annually.<\/li>\n
  39. 1.4% Solar, 1.3% Wind, 17.1% Gas, 0% Nuclear, 80.2% Hydro and 0% Coal saves $8.29\/month and 16.2 t\/CO2<\/sub> annually.<\/li>\n
  40. 1.1% Solar, 4.5% Wind, 18.2% Gas, 0% Nuclear, 76.2% Hydro and 0% Coal saves $5.74\/month and 11.5 t\/CO2<\/sub> annually.<\/li>\n
  41. 0.1% Solar, 13.3% Wind, 19.1% Gas, 0% Nuclear, 67.5% Hydro and 0% Coal saves $0.70\/month and 7.9 t\/CO2<\/sub> annually.<\/li>\n
  42. 0.1% Solar, 6.4% Wind, 19.8% Gas, 0% Nuclear, 73.7% Hydro and 0% Coal saves $7.47\/month and 4.7 t\/CO2<\/sub> annually.<\/li>\n
  43. 0.7% Solar, 8.7% Wind, 20.6% Gas, 0% Nuclear, 70% Hydro and 0% Coal saves $1.73\/month and 1.2 t\/CO2<\/sub> annually.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Sure, some of these won’t be practical from a dispatch\/capacity perspective, but hey, that’s Bruce’s issue to explain away.<\/p>\n

    I couldn’t have done it without this tiny routine to produce a list of random numbers that all add up to 1. No way was I clicking those sliders 10000+ times. Viewing the source<\/a> was handy, though.<\/p>\n

    \r\nsub rndnormsum {\r\n    # generate N uniformly distributed random numbers that sum to 1\r\n    # see http:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/a\/2640079\/377125\r\n    my $n = shift;        # number of entries to return\r\n    my @arr = ( 0, 1 );\r\n    foreach ( 1 .. ( $n - 1 ) ) {\r\n        push @arr, rand;\r\n    }\r\n    @arr = sort(@arr);\r\n    my @result = ();\r\n    foreach ( 1 .. $n ) {\r\n        push @result, $arr[$_] - $arr[ $_ - 1 ];\r\n    }\r\n    return @result;\r\n}\r\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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