If Fukushima makes Monbiot a fan of nuclear power imagine what another Chernobyl would do. He would become a raving fanatic for nuclear technology. For some reason he does not mention Chernobyl. I have always thought of Monbiot as an environmentalist entertainer like Glenn Beck on the right. He does not mention the expense of nuclear power nor the problem of storing wastes for centuries either. It is a shallow article. Basically all it does it show the problems of creating sufficient energy sources given the present global demand. As someone else mentioned perhaps we should try to more diminish demand and use existing sources more efficiently among other things.
Cheers, kenl ----- Original Message ---- From: Bill Lear <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, March 22, 2011 8:14:29 AM Subject: [Pen-l] Monbiot Fan of Nukes Even More Now Apparently Monbiot is serious when he says "Why Fukushima made me stop worrying and love nuclear power". http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/mar/21/pro-nuclear-japan-fukushima I thought Monbiot was generally sensible. I think I'm generally sensible and have great distrust of the long- and short- term safety of nuclear power. Does Monbiot make any obvious errors in his article? What is he overlooking? Bill _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
