can any non-renewable energy source really be "clean"? (even renewable ones aren't totally clean ... unless perhaps we all had a bicycle-powered generator in our house & had to pedal while we worked ...)
On 29/03/11 3:10 PM, dave miller wrote: > Hi james > > I've heard this as well and maybe it's all true. Definitely Thorium > sounds a lot safer. But I think it's a case of "we've spent so much on > this damned thing that we have to use it" rather than "lets stop > repeating all our mistakes and look for safe alternatives". > > I used to work in a patents office in Holborn, many years ago. It was > probably the worst job I ever had, but at least I got the chance to > read all the patent applications. There were lots for alternative > energy inventions, but they used to get bought up quickly - by - guess > who? - the oil companies, who then probably got Anderson Consulting to > shred them. Actually I've no idea where they ended up, but my point > is, to limit ourselves to nuclear as the only viable "clean" energy is > a fake choice. > > Thanks for the info on the article though, will try to get a copy of > the current news scientist > > cheers, dave > ____________________________________________________________ helen varley jamieson: creative catalyst [email protected] http://www.creative-catalyst.com http://www.avatarbodycollision.org http://www.upstage.org.nz ____________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
