Re: [asa] mistake

Same here.
 
David Bowman

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From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu on behalf of skrogh.
Sent: Sun 6/8/2008 3:42 PM
To: Glenn Morton; asa@calvin.edu
Subject: RE: [asa] mistake

 
I am just glad to see you here again.

Stephen J. Krogh, P.G.
President
The PanTerra Group
environmental consultants and scientists
Dallas, Texas
214.522.5600
http://panterragroup.home.mindspring.com/
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        -----Original Message-----
        From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu [mailto:asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu]On Behalf Of Glenn Morton
        Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2008 2:07 PM
        To: asa@calvin.edu
        Subject: [asa] mistake
        
        

        Sitting in Church today my thoughts wandered from the preacher and I realised when I calculated the life time of a 200 year nuclear fuel supply if we use nuclear to replace oil, it isn't an 18 year supply. To replace oil with nuclear requires 6 x the number of nukes we have today. So, it should be a 33 year lifetime.

        Wondering why I did it, I think I stopped the math when I decided that 6 goes into 200---18 and when it should be 3x6=18 subtract 18 from 20, equals 2, drop the zero, 6 goes into 20 3 times. ....So, my 3rd grade math is lousy, and this is clearly an example where a mistake doesn't prove that I know nothing on any other topic, although I might be evidence that I need to return to the 3rd grade for a refresher course. No anger here.

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