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From: "Hank Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Newsgroups: gmane.science.general.global-change
To: "globalchange" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 8:40 PM
Subject: [Global Change: 1996] Re: A conversation with energy guru Amory
Lovins
>
> The thing about fission power is, as a doctor I know says about
> suicide, it's a permanent solution to a temporary problem.
>
>
Clever quip. I'm sure your physician friend can appreciate how mastectomy is
a permanent solution to the problem of breast cancer - not perfect but
better than the alternative.
The trouble with stabilizing carbon dioxide is, building 2000 new nuclear
power plants is not enough to guarantee success, but not building 2000 new
nuclear power plants is enough to guarantee failure.
-dl
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