Table 1. Candidate Alternative Technologies Fossil-Fueled Gas Oil *Coal/Stack Scrubber Coal/Fluidized Bed *Coal-Gasification/Combined-Cycle (CG/CC) Coal/Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) Molten Carbonate Fuel Cells with Gasifier Geothermal (steam, water, hot rock) Nuclear *Light Water Reactor (PWR) LWR [Plutonium (Pu) Recycle] *Liquid-Metal, Fast-Breeder, Reactor (LMFBR) [Plutonium/Uranium (Pu/U); Uranium/Thorium (U/Th)] Sol ar Terrestrial Photovoltaic (*centralized and *decentralized) Solar Thermal Wind Biomass Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) Solar Heating & Cooling Process Heating & Cooling HEALTH a SAFETY WELFARE MACROECONOMIC SOCIOECONOMIC LAND LABOR MATERIALS ENERGY WATER Fig. 2 Comparative Assessment Taxonomy RESOURCE INSTITUTIONAL ECONOMIC/ SOCIETAL COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT COST a PERFORMANCE ENVIRONMENTAL
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