No but there are 3,413 BTU’s per kw-hr which is the conversion I used in my example!
I think I was pretty specific in stating a single unit since I remarked that their were 4 units at the generating station.
Also, you are correct in that I misstated the distinction between “crude” and “residual” oil.
I spent 12 years working on the wastewater and solid waste problems associated with fossil fueled power plants and the issues faced in the 70’s and 80’s have not only not gone away but the power industry, through such organizations as the Edison Electric Institute, have managed to bury their collective heads in the sand for decades and get the backing of the federal government.
That’s fine. I’m not about to check your math. I just knew there was something funky with your units. I guess since you did state per year, that they are actually OK. It just struck me very wrong when I read it first.
ETA: Yes I know it’s not actually PER year, it’s more like for a year or something.
Well thanks for the “half-assed” concession! I stated the units I used and there was nothing “funky” about them. I did, however, deliberately use the units to point out the huge amounts of natural resources that are consumed to produce the energy we use. You can argue all you want about the “inconsequential” amounts of mercury, vanadium, etc discharged into the atmosphere not to mention the “very significant” amounts of NOx’s, SOx’s, CO2 that are discharged from fossil fuel plants.