Re: Greenpeace Founder Backs Nuclear Power

Jerry Okamura wrote:

So, maybe there is hope after all? An environmentalist who can be rationale and still support their ideology?

Read carefully, Jerry and see the conflict. If there's no global warming, then why switch to nuclear power? Seems to be something of a contradiction isn't it?

Not that I'm against the view; I've supported nuclear power for a long time, as it IS the only energy source that is relatively environmentally safe.

"El Castor" <No_One@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:68p4149amb97i4k0curapd2cec0qp2lmim@xxxxxxxxxx

"April 24, 2008
Greenpeace founder now backs nuclear power
Patrick Moore tells the Boise chamber that the world must wean itself
from fossil fuels to reduce greenhouse gases.
Greenpeace founder Patrick Moore says there is no proof global warming
is caused by humans, but it is likely enough that the world should
turn to nuclear power - a concept tied closely to the underground
nuclear testing his former environmental group formed to oppose.

The chemistry of the atmosphere is changing, and there is a
high-enough risk that "true believers" like Al Gore are right that
world economies need to wean themselves off fossil fuels to reduce
greenhouse gases, he said.

"It's like buying fire insurance," Moore said. "We all own fire
insurance even though there is a low risk we are going to get into an
accident."

The only viable solution is to build hundreds of nuclear power plants
over the next century, Moore told the Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce
on Wednesday. There isn't enough potential for wind, solar,
hydroelectric, and geothermal or other renewable energy sources, he
said."
http://www.idahostatesman.com/newsupdates/story/360625.html


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