Vermont Yankee reducing state's carbon emissions, keeping prices
"low"  In fact, there are formidable challenges to bringing
large amounts of renewable power online, especially near term.
Dr. Axelrod's study found the following.  Wind power. "To
replace Vermont Yankee with an equivalent number of wind-derived
electricity would require the installation of more than 1,500
wind generators. Given that the largest wind farms install only
a few hundred generators, the addition of 1,500 generations with
the associated transmission lines needed to connect to the
Vermont network, 2012 is an unrealistic completion date."
Solar. "The equivalent number of solar collectors (to replace
Vermont Yankee) would require over 2,000 acres of dedicated
space just for the solar collectors. To maximize exposure to the
sun, an untold amount of land will have to be cleared in order
to capture as much sun energy as possible."  Wood. "The amount
of wood and waste wood materials needed to produce the same
amounts of electricity as from