the thorium reactors sound too good to be true--not a new phenomenon with nuclear power. But a general point: if widespread disruption up to and including breakdowns in governance and social and political collapse is a very real possibility under climate change then why would we want a proliferation of potentially dangerous very high tech reactors? A glance at the effects of the collapse of the old Soviet Union on its nuclear arsenal should be enough to convince everyone that nuclear is not the way to go. Doesn't it make a lot more sense to go for small scale stand alone renewables--then if and when things go wrong the downside is limited.
On Jul 15, 3:42 pm, "Eugene I. Gordon" <[email protected]> wrote: > Thorium reactors sound good but it smells of nuclear and that is bad. It > also requires mining. I will vote for geothermal, which requires no mining > and will last 'forever'. > > _____ > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 11:35 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [geo] Vote on Manchester Report > > Hi guys, > > You might want to vote-in on the Manchester Report at: > <http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/page/2009/jul/13/1>http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/page/2009/jul/13/1. > > I recommend the Dr. Hansen supported Thorium Reactors. I've attached my > MSWord summary of all the presentations. > > Stephen, Tim and I finished out of the top ten voting, but you can view > 1-minute videos, which were taken after the 15-minute presentation. I'm > planning to make a .pdf of the "notes" from my PowerPoint. Let me know if > you would like the 7 MB PowerPoint or a hopefully smaller .pdf. I am > suggesting a potential compromise on the developed-developing world impasse > on legacy carbon. You might want to promote the concept to elected > representatives in time to help China and India agree with the US and Europe > at the Copenhagen meeting in December. > > Mark E. Capron, PE > Oxnard, Californiawww.PODenergy.org<http://www.podenergy.org/> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
