Ashley May & Victoria Villarroel
Debate Research
Affirmative-green Negative-red
Utah’s source of main energy is coal, mined deep from the Earth and found abundantly in Utah’s mines. It is a fossil fuel, a nonrenewable energy source made thousands of years ago from compressed dead animals and plant remains. eia.gov has a list of CO2 emissions from various fossil fuel sources from 2011, coal releases 205.3 pounds of CO2 per million BTU, distillate fuel oil 161.38, geothermal 16.6, natural gas 117.1, petroleum 225.13 pounds of CO2 per million BTU. Nuclear power plants release 90-140g per kWh of electricity. (timeforchange.org)relatively low emissions make nuclear energy a better choice than coal, petroleum, natural gas, or solar.
Nuclear power plants consume 400 gallons megawatt per hour once through cooling 720 gallons every time cooling process initiates. 20% of water returned [nei.org]
Nuclear power plants cost 4 billion and largest Stanford fund. Construction costs, worker wages, $4000 per kW
Tax increase for pay of nuclear plant 3,000 construction workers create jobs communities near projects see economic benefits long term jobs- Georgia and South Carolina.
“The Green River is main source of water in Utah, nuclear radioactivity can leech out and seep into an underground aquifer, then the Colorado River” said Steve Lopez a spokesperson for the Fort Mojave Indian tribe who are opposed to nuclear waste dumps and activity sites along the river.
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