Media Mayhem: Nuking climate change
When people like John Kerry back nuclear subsidies, green activists find themselves in a difficult position.
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Nuclear power once was the greenie’s ultimate litmus test.
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I like that line, "If environmentalism is a religion then nuclear plays the role of the devil." I used it at an energy conference recently when Matthew Wald, the New York Times' reliable anti-nuclear reporter, was trying to argue that being in FAVOR of nuclear power was a "religion." I said it there were any religious overtones to this debate, it was in the environmental movement.
Altogether, I think people seriously concerned about global warming will eventually have to admit that.... More
While I am not a believer in AGW, and I gravely doubt the solutions normally put forward for AGW, (basically make energy expensive so we will have to use less and give the extra money to our governments....), I believe that Nuclear energy does have the best hope for a long term, clean future.
First, fission is a natural process that occurs slowly most of the time and produces products that are all around us. (All elements come from Fission and or fusion). A reactor simply speeds up.... More
Not to be the mathematically inclined phallocentric reactionary here, but what about actually comparing the numerical threats from nuclear power to say, good old fashioned methylcyanate? Or sulfuric acid? Or Mercury?
Are the 25,000 victims of the Bhopal disaster any less dead because they were killed by non nuclear waste?
The truth is that nuclear is ludicrously safe when actually measured against other threats. It's not enough to say that there exists an absolute danger, to.... More
Using methyl isocyanate is not an alternative to using nuclear energy. But the actual alternatives are all much more dangerous too. Windpower, for instance, in the USA seems to be about as safe for its neighbours as nuclear power -- neither has done any harm at all -- but for on-site workers, per kWh it's much more dangerous.
On boats, windpower poses the danger that the boat won't go when this failure endangers the lives of all on board. Naval fossil fuel power has well-known risks.... More
OBAMA’S NOBEL PRIZE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH PEACE – IT’S ABOUT “COPENHAGEN”
Obama’s upcoming acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize and the invisible strings attached to it, may prove to be an enormously expensive exercise for all taxpayers on this continent. The “Copenhagen” supporters on the Nobel Committee, on the other hand, are counting on it.
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Kyoto = Y2Kyoto
Sustainability = Poverty
Global Warming = Climate Variation
Climate Change = Modern Day Witch Burning
David Suzuki = The Bernie Madoff of Climate Change
Yes you fools, go ahead and give your money to politicians who promise to lower the temperature of the planet Earth with your tax money.
David Nutzuki and Dizzy May and Al Gore, lazy teachers and politicians will be charged with treason for leading Canada and the World to war against an non.... More
There are myriad *dishonest* questions. Genuine environmentalists have always supported nuclear energy. The others, we hear more from because oil and gas money buys them exposure.
The following groups are traitors and should be tar and feather with nuke waste:
The Environmental Defense Fund, the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Union of Concerned Scientists !
The people out west and maybe one day in Virginia and all of the East will be blown up for uranium mining which is not CO2 free. Our land will be ruin and our health will go down the nuke drawn because these groups support nuke power but let them pay for the nuke stuff:The Environmental Defense.... More
I find AceTheCat02's comment to be interesting, especially considering its reference to uranium mining in Virginia. That state currently has a law banning the industry, though there is an extensive deposit that contains an estimated 35,000 metric tons of uranium worth approximately $3.5 billion at current uranium prices. It has a potential energy value of about 105 billion tons of coal if used in a fast reactor - that is about 90 years worth of coal consumption for the entire US at current.... More
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The internet is our single source of information is an open sewer of untreated information:
1. Average global temperatures have cooled rather than warmed since 1998. Some climate scientists are forecasting an extended cooling period. Some scientists say it has warmed and it will get warmer.
2. Global temperatures have been both much lower and much higher than current temperatures. Climate and temperature have constantly changed throughout the Earth's history. I dare any.... More
The GISS database lists global temperature measurements for the last 129 years, by month, with summaries for each year.
Using the 1880-1899 period as a reference period, the average global temperature of the current decade (minus the Sept-Dec data for this year) has increased by 0.83 degrees Centigrade, or 1.5 degrees F.
>From 1900-1969, the temperature increased by 0.21 degrees C.
>From 1970-2009, the temperature increased by 0.62 degrees C.
77% of the change since.... More
