SAY NO TO A NUCLEAR AUSTRALIA

Thanks to Snowy.

10:15 AM, Mon 12 Feb 2007 .. Posted in The Human Side .. 5 comments .. Link

I'd like to put up a link to another blogger's entry today. Snowy is one of our most outspoken fellow bloggers, and I read his blogs religiously. He's been a boon to blognow, his blogs are always raw and real... but I like them most because he often makes comment or asks questions when many others wouldn't. I don't often comment but I enjoy reading his opinions, as many of them are similar to mine... except when it comes to nuclear being an acceptable power source. I'm loathe to say that his opinions are wrong, because what place is it of mine to say that, really? But at the same time, I don't see a good reason to use such a dangerous process, especially when it leaves such an evil residue for us to try to hide. It's going to take an awful lot to convince me that nuclear power is an acceptable alternative to use.

The point is... Snowy made an entry the other day, entitled 'My take on the climate change debate' that I wanted to showcase here. The reason I'd like you all to read it is because he's managed to make some good points. The main of which is that, for the time being at least, we're probably going to have to face up to the fact that we'll have to accept one of two evils. About this point, I agree with Snowy. The processes and technologies needed to harness energy from renewable sources are there... many of them are being successfully used in other countries as we speak. In many cases though, there are drawbacks... many are not viable 100% of the time, some are only viable in certain conditions which limits their use, some are not aesthetically pleasing, some are noisy or space-consuming, some don't deliver a competitive production capacity, some technologies need more development... and most are not as profitable, in the long run, as coal and nuclear. These things all add up and conspire against new and/or improved technologies, but I happen to think that there is a lot of promise in all of them. However... I do see the difficulties, and I do think that the battle for a completely renewable power source will be hard to fight... and expecting it to happen soon is ludecrous. In the meantime, therefore, I do believe that we will have to choose between nuclear and coal... unfortunately. For the record, in that case my vote does go to the lesser evil... 'clean coal'.

So, I've decided that that is going to be the subject for the next entry. I was going to leave it until further down the list, but... what the hell, I'm a woman, I'm allowed to change my mind. I'll do a bit of research (I should have a bit of spare time up my sleeve later on) and see if I can't come up with at least a few impressive facts. But for now, check out Snowy's entry and read the comments that he's received... sort of like a prelude. Thanks for doing all the groundwork, Snowy.

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Well, hopefully

3:03 PM, Tue 13 Feb 2007 .. Posted by snowy
Between us we can at least be better informed. Ill informed, maybe, but better "ill informed". ;o)

I'm still rather pessimistic that it will finish up being nuclear, no matter what we say. We can but try.

Excellent stuff

5:39 PM, Tue 13 Feb 2007 .. Posted by plonka
And a fantastic discussion it was too. And I have to agree with you Snowy that if nothong else, at least we'll all be better informed because of these discussions, so a big hat-tip to Tina for getting us started I reckon...:)

I'm in the process of an entry that explores some of the technologies that are currently being explored and where we're at with them. I'll see if I can get it posted tonight...

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10:59 AM, Thu 15 Feb 2007 .. Posted by tinacee
Sorry guys... I haven't been able to get onto Blognow for a couple of days... at least not when I've been trying. Technical difficulties, I believe.

I've just read your last couple of posts, Plonka. Nice work, as usual. I wish I had the time to research everything properly, but I rarely do. I haven't followed all of the links that you've provided yet, but you've covered much of what I eventually wanted to. I too, wanted to bring to light the negatives as well as the positives for our alternatives. There is no use touting a particular process if you don't also acknowledge the problems one might occur. If you don't find the dents you can't fix the problem. I think most of us really do want to go for a safe option that's both people-friendly and won't harm the environment, but it's NOT all as easy as that. We will need to see all of the picture to find answer... not just the pretty parts that certain others would like us to see.

To everyone else... please read Plonka's most recent entries. I'm assuming that he won't mind me putting up a reference or two... at least I hope not. I think I might do that a bit more before we're done here.
http://blognow.com.au/plonka/49310/Alternative_Complacency.html
http://blognow.com.au/plonka/49741/Alternative_Complacency_II.html
I'll be keeping my eyes out for more, that's for sure. I like this idea of someone else doing the hard yards for me.
;o)

Now, now...

3:11 PM, Thu 15 Feb 2007 .. Posted by Anonymous
There's still plenty of stuff to be covered Tina, so don't be sitting on you laurals now...:)

Hey, hey, hey!

8:01 AM, Mon 19 Feb 2007 .. Posted by snowy
Nowhere did I say nuclear was an aceptable power source. Just that it is likely to be the way we go if clean coal doesn't work out. Different things.

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