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Posted By bruhaha 11 months, 3 weeks ago in NewsFresh from winning the Nobel Peace Prize for his climate change evangelism, Al Gore is apparently considering an invitation from a prominent environmental group to engage in civil disobedience against the construction of new coal-fired power plants.
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jimdoze11 months, 3 weeks ago
I've said it before and will say it again... and again...
Higher (and even stable) living standards require industrial economies. Industrial economies require industrial sources of energy (windmills, photovoltaics, renewables and conservation while helpful, are not sufficient). Industrial sources of energy are available today in 2 broad categories, carbon-based and nuclear fission.
Is there a way out of the environmental limitations vs living standards catch-22? Sir James Lovelock, environmentalist and the originator of the Gaia Hypothesis suggests there is: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/5141142.stm
Best wishes Mr. Gore and Rainforest Action Network. We await your proposals for, and initiative actions to develop, alternatives to carbon-based energy that will concurrently maintain our standard of living.
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hyperbola11 months, 3 weeks ago
Oh well. France's President Sarkozy announced a couple of days ago that private traffic would be reduced, NO new roads would be built, No new nuclear plants were needed, renewables and other sources were sufficient for the immediate future and long term it should be possible to phase out nuclear plants ....
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jimdoze11 months, 3 weeks ago
France obtains 80% of it's electricity from Nuclear Fission Power Plants. The U.S. generates 19.3% of its electricity from Nuclear Fission Power Plants. The U.S. Population is growing 52% faster than that of France.
Those facts suggest that your "oh well" is well placed. I rather like Sarkozy. However, it is pretty clear that he is in a far better position to take the 'no more nuke' stance than the U.S. is.
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