Coal
Clean coal is in essence, an oxymoron. Much like ``friendly fire’’ or Kevin Rudd’s ``tough and hardline but humane’’ asylum seeker policy dubbed ``compassionate brutality’’ by one wag recently.
Of course, in the case of ``clean coal’‘, the term is used to suggest that it actually exists. Yet it doesn’t - least not yet.
Doubtless, it is a fine aspiration, especially given the world’s heavy reliance on coal, and it’s central part in global warming. But an aspiration is pretty much all it is.
Continue reading "Clean coal doesn’t exist, but nuclear power does" »
A Nielson poll has reported that about half of Australians are open to nuclear energy being considered as part of the solution reducing carbon emissions, up from 38% in 2006. So the question remains as to why half of the population doesn’t even want nuclear on the table as an option.
Is the dislike or even fear of nuclear power a rational one? The threat of nuclear war or nuclear power station accidents such as Chernobyl or Long Island (the only two accidents of any significance) should not be taken lightly; nuclear energy is awesome in the true meaning of the world.
But does it actually deserve the bad reputation is carries?
Continue reading "Nuclear power isn’t dangerous, just expensive" »
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Gregory D. MELLOTT says:
Not an Australian. New York City put in a super-conductor from Niagara Falls recently, Transmission losses are not insurmountable. If you go deep enough one can probably get hot-rock geothermal going any place on earth. Then there is problem areas like Krakatoa’s re-appearance. [Don’t live there either.] The problems of… Read more »
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bristil chick says:
http://bravenewclimate.com/2009/10/16/ifr-spm/#comment-30941 Full details of new Gen IV IFR reactors which can be run on NUCLEAR WASTE! No need to mine more uranium for 1,500 years OR if we still mine uranium then it will last FOREVER! Other criticisms e.g cost, accidents, etc also debunked. Read more »
Have you ever wondered why it is that nobody is going to jail for causing climate change?
You or I can fined $375 for “aggravated littering” (such as dropping a cigarette but near a petrol station), but you can get away with sea level rise, drought, bushfires and global havoc without so much as losing a demerit point on your driver’s licence.
Australians have felt this frustration, as we watched our legal system powerless to stop the expansion of Japan’s so-called “scientific” whaling programme. It is not as if there is no precedent for punishing big polluters. Early this year BP was forced to pay almost US$180 million for pollution violations at its Texas City Refinery. Exxon was forced to cough up US$1 billion over the 1989 Valdez oil spill.
Continue reading "Put coal kings in the dock for their crimes" »
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Dan Cass says:
True. KO. They are not really engaging in a discussion, just Punch-ing and ranting and bullying. Read more »
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Ken Oathe says:
The first few comments in this blog show the confusion among the Denialists. Apparently we are about to enter a new global cooling period. And Climate Change is happening, so adapt. The Denialists can even get their opposing story straight. Read more »
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