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Nuclear energy impractical as climate change solution

Renewable energy sources and systems become cheaper all the time, through the mass production of equipment and technical optimizations. Atomic and fossil energy by contrast are becoming constantly more expensive,

World Council For Renewable Energy Demands A Global Ban On New Nuclear Power, Voxy.co 30 April 11“……..A future based on nuclear energy is impossible. Globally, around 400 atomic power reactors are active. To meet the indispensable goal of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) for reducing global greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 to a level of 40 percent below what they are today, and to rely on nuclear power for achieving that goal, would mean that 2500 additional 1000 MW atomic reactors would be needed. That is equivalent to more than one new reactor each week for the next fifty years!

But what about the inherent dangers of atomic weapon proliferation by such a development? Where should come the tremendous amounts of water required for their operation come from, at a time of a mounting global water crisis? Where would the nuclear waste be stored for thousands of years? Or about the global warming effect because of the added thermal output? Not more than five percent of the world’s energy supply is actually met by nuclear power today. These are facilitated with subsidies of more than a trillion Dollars since the 1950s! It is utterly irresponsible to promote the nuclear option in this context.

Renewable energy sources and systems become cheaper all the time, through the mass production of equipment and technical optimizations. Atomic and fossil energy by contrast are becoming constantly more expensive, through increasing extraction costs and environmental damages as well as the increasing technical and safety measures required. Even now the generation of wind power in windy regions is economically cheaper than electricity from new nuclear power plants……http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/world-council-renewable-energy-demands-global-ban-new-nuclear-power/5/88945

April 30, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general