> The world needs both more electricity and less pollution. In the current heat wave in Europe, nuclear power plants can only choose between shutdown (to avoid overheating) and illegally discharging too hot cooling water (hotter than 30�C) into dried-out rivers. So, in a time of high consumption of electrical power (for cooling of households and offices), nuclear power supply has to be _reduced_. Not exactly the great reliable energy source that this PR article praises, huh?
Solar power plants would actually provide more power when it's needed. > While it is technically possible to dispose of spent fuel safely Untrue but typical of neo-con short-term thinking. > It will be difficult, of course, to carry forward this nuclear agenda. >Yet it > will also be difficult to limit greenhouse gas emissions >adequately while > satisfying global energy needs for social and economic development. In both > of these endeavors, American leadership is essential. Orwellian indeed, when the worst polluter claims enviro leadership. Chris _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
