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| Olde Tyme Religion |
| Greenie persecuted for saying nice things about nuclear power |
| 2008-12-17 |
| I know I should be furious...four nuclear power plants could now be built around the UK, the first nuclear new build in a generation. As a long-standing Green party member... antinuclear indignation should spring easily to my lips..... Just a month ago I had a Damascene conversion: hence I'm classifying this post as Olde Tyme Religion the Green case against nuclear power is based largely on myth and dogma.... opened my eyes to fourth-generation "fast-breeder" reactors, which use fuel much more efficiently than the old-style reactors, produce shorter-lived waste and can also be designed to be "walk-away safe". Best of all, these new reactors -- prototypes of which have already been tested -- can produce power by burning up existing stocks of nuclear waste....When I e-mailed a senior ecological scientist with my conclusions, he agreed, but only privately. "Do not cite me as promoting nuclear," he begged. I am still shocked that people of his stature are too intimidated to speak out I'm not shocked, people are too intimidated to admit the benefits of tax cuts, the success of market capitalism, the Jihadist basis of Islam, etc.. |
| Posted by:mhw |