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Published Monday, February 25, 2008 at 17:22
by frederic.vareillas Join PES activists in Save our planet (727 views and 2 comments)

Dear friends,

I have read your remarks about my post.

True. Nuclear power is not 100 percent safe but which energy is? Coalmines ? Gas? Forget it: To many deaths. And oil is the poison, our lethal addiction. I remember Chernobyl but, compared to a French reactor, Chernobyl 3 was a poor piece of junk. Risk zero doesn't exist.

Do we really have a choice? For the generation to come (25 years), nuclear power is the only possible choice unless we want to be in a new dark age (back to middle ages). Do you want this regression? Again, do we have a choice? We should have changed and adapted 25 years ago when the oil prices quadrupled. We didn't. Europe needs power - Europe needs electricity to avoid wars and to keep civilized.

As to the disposal of nuclear WASTE I recommend again you read Sir Jim Lovelock's book "Revenge of Gaia". This book is a project to save civilization from the dark age. While you're at it, you should also read "Vers un monde de ressources rares" by Eric Orsenna and Le Cercle des Economistes" (2007, paperback).

Then you'll understand the urgency of the present Europe's (and Earth's) situation. Good luck, keep it up!

Your friend,
Frederic (Paris)

Tags: climate change, CO2, electricity, energy, environment, oil

Comments

1. Lovelock again by Asynjen Join PES activists on Monday, February 25, 2008 at 17:48

Hi Frederic, I completely agree with you that there is a need for urgent action with respect toour planet's climate. I am just less convinced that the answer is to build more nuclear power plants. Again the issue of dangerous waste, but I am also really concerned about nuclear plants as a target for terrorism.

I haven't read Lovelock's book (at least not yet), but I find it hard to believe that nuclear power is the answer to our problems. It's seems more like another evil. I think Europe's socialists need to search for other solutions: higher taxes on energy consumption, increased investments in wind and solar power, subsidies for public transportation, maybe even biofuels. 

2. Taxes why not by frederic.vareillas Join PES activists on Monday, February 25, 2008 at 20:54

My friend, nuclear power is only one part of the answer. Of course we europeans HAVE to increase taxes on hydrocarbures and methane. I have visited a nuclear plant twice and my home-region is uranium rich (Limousin): I have never been ill. Have you ever heard, in 40 years, of a nuclear incident in metropolitan France? How many deaths in our coal mines? How many people gassed? How many wars for oil? See the profis of the big oil firms: Do they care about us or about our planet? Please read Sir Jim Lovelock's book and think twice. Think it over then tell me about it. Yours Friendly, Frederic

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