> > You want to be optimistic, so how many nukes would it take to power a
> > fully developed India and China, not to mention the other nations that
> > you apparently want to see brought up to Western levels of
> > development. Where's the fuel to come from for all those nuclear
> > power plants, without a recycling of fuel to recover the plutonium?
>
> Again, I refer you to the IPCC stabilization scenarios for estimates of
> *global* nuclear power development, which range from six to ten times higher
> than today (approximately 2,500 to 4,500 1Gw plants world-wide, including
> India and China). Expanding the use of fuel breeding and recycling beyond
> current practice may be necessary, and why not? Proliferation concerns may
> be addressed in various ways, such as "denatured plutonium" or integral fast
> reactor facilities, and continued commitment to the non-proliferation
> treaty.
I presume from the above that you think that nuclear power in Iran and
North Korea is a good idea. If you disagree, then, why is it OK for
nuclear power in ANY other nation, given that national governments
have been known to undergo major changes over time. The "terrorists"
aren't the only "bad actors", as we've seen many times in history.
There are many people, such as the Fundamentalist Islamists or
Christians, that see the world from a very different perspective than
that of the educated Westerner. What if the Saudi's have
intentionally overstated their oil reserves to lead the Western world
into a major crisis from which they might profit or their religion
prevail? How do you talk to the 1/4 (or 1/3?) of the U.S. population
that thinks the Earth is less than 10,000 years old and that the End
Times are upon us?
> Fight fear with knowledge: know nukes.
I'll build a wind energy system in my backyard if you will build a
nuke in yours.
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