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Carnival of Nuclear Energy 130
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The Carnival of Nuclear Energy 130 is up at Atomic Insights.
Canadian Energy Issues – Modern cities cannot function without electricity. That electricity is usually the product of other people from outside of the city, which, says Steve Aplin, illustrates Adam Smith’s division of labour in real time action. City dwellers do not produce most of what they consume; that is why they exist in the form they do.
This division of labour, whereby most citizens of and workers in Toronto do not produce or distribute the electricity that runs Toronto, also is why electricity is cheap. The central-station grid model is by far the most efficient way to deliver bulk electricity to millions of consumers.
And the most efficient central station grid is one that is fed with cheap, highly concentrated generation sources, that occupy small physical footprints.
See more and subscribe to NextBigFuture at 2012-11-12 19:02:38 Source: http://nextbigfuture.com/2012/11/carnival-of-nuclear-energy-130.html
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