green says, go nuclear
Although a liberal, I've always been pro-nuclear power, even before I'd ever heard of global climate change or excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Now Greens like Greenpeace co-founder Patrick Moore are becoming convinced.
Yes, nuclear power is imperfect. Yes, an accident could kill thousands. But as Moore points out, Three Mile Island showed how a well-designed plant can keep an accident from becoming a catastrophe -- nothing leaked. And a medium-case global climate change scenario would be worse for the planet than even a Chernobyl-sized accident.
Again, I don't know if we can stop climate change. But we should at least try. Nuclear power needs to be a major component of such an effort.
Yes, nuclear power is imperfect. Yes, an accident could kill thousands. But as Moore points out, Three Mile Island showed how a well-designed plant can keep an accident from becoming a catastrophe -- nothing leaked. And a medium-case global climate change scenario would be worse for the planet than even a Chernobyl-sized accident.
Again, I don't know if we can stop climate change. But we should at least try. Nuclear power needs to be a major component of such an effort.
posted by Don Q Blogger at 8:13 AM
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FYI: Stewart Brand, the founder of "The Whole Earth Catalog" mentioned in Mr. Moore's article, has also endorsed my thriller novel of nuclear power as a way for the lay person to learn the good and the bad of this energy source.
"Rad Decision" is available online at no cost to readers at RadDecision.blogspot.com - - and they seem to like it, judging from the reviews they're leaving at the homepage. There's nothing else like it out there.
Regards,
James Aach
20+ years in the nuclear industry.
"I'd like to see Rad Decision widely read." - Stewart Brand.
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