Blogposts by Tag: fossil fuels

  • To go nuclear or not to go nuclear, that's the hot topic

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    Rating: 2.9/5 with 7 votes

    Published Friday, February 29, 2008 at 15:44
    by frederic.vareillas Join PES activists in Save our planet (631 views and 4 comments)

    All right, my friend,

    You are concerned about the waste. So, all I can tell you is: What do you suggest we do?

    We have two years left before oil and gas cost ten times more than today; solar energy and wind turbines can supply maximum 7 percent of our total consumption of energy; oceans are littered with plastic bags, wrappings, and are 80 percent DEAD; the sun is getting hotter; we are killing the great forests to get wood to burn (and transform into paper); Earth's temperature is rising 2 degrees Celsius (which is huge) due to CO2 and methane.

    What would you say if we could recycle and reutilize nuke waste and nuke plants?

    Think again: We have two years in front of us before the great depression.

    What do you suggest we do?

    Friendly,
    Fred

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    Tags: climate change, CO2, electricity, energy, environment, fossil fuels, nuclear energy, oil, sustainable energy

  • Nuclear energy is not the answer!

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    Rating: 4/5 with 5 votes

    Published Tuesday, February 26, 2008 at 14:47
    by reimannsdavid Join PES activists in Save our planet (700 views and 2 comments)

    Hey!

    I don´t believe that nuclear power is a suitable solution for mankind´s energy shortness. It is not reasonable to build up new nuclear power plants. We should not accept nuclear technology without criticism, how Frederic does in a certain way.

    We all have to accept that uranium is a fossile energy resource, too. When we keep using it in the amount of today, the world´s reservoir of it will end in about 50 to 60 years, just like coal, gas, oil (source: German governmental department of economy).

    Everybody can imagine how each new nuclear energy plant fastens these developments. The hunger for uranium will increase, it´s reservoir will empty faster. So we should try to find alternatives to it as fast as possible instead of wasting money on this dying sort of energy. Every Cent that is used to support nuclear technology is an investment in the past, not in the future.

    All our efforts must be concentrated on the development of modifications that make existing power plants more efficient. We must focus on renewable energy sources such as wind and water energy. Particularly the possibilities of solar energy are amazing: recognize that only 1 % of the sun´s energy that reaches our planet... read more

    Tags: energy, fossil fuels, nuclear energy, renewable energy

  • Answers from Mona Sahlin

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    Rating: 4.8/5 with 5 votes

    Published Thursday, October 25, 2007 at 11:51
    by Editor in Save our planet (1075 views and 0 comments)

    What will the PES do to encourage a low carbon consumption style in Europe?
    How will Europe’s socialists and social democrats address the challenge of climate change?
    Where does the PES stand on nuclear energy?

    These were some of the questions we received when we encouraged Yourspace users to ask questions to Mona Sahlin, leader of the Social Democratic Party of Sweden and responsible for the manifesto theme Save our planet. Check out her answers in the video below.

     

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    Tags: climate change, CO2, consumer, environment, fossil fuels, renewable energy