Nuclear Power, page-616

Croesus
First my tag. I was asked by one of the kids I was sort of supervising while watching the market, "what are you doing?" It was a manic day.
I mumbled "watching lemmings". After a short silence my questioner turned to his entourage and said, "he's washing lemons".
As a tag 'watching lemmings' didn't cut it, I varied his interpretation.
To my post (20 June). The reference article at 400 - 500 words was just too long for HC. So I edited it and now concede the original thesis may have slid a bit off the line.
Cardwell is clearly pro-coal, based on the economics and the total CO2 emitted. In my words, he is a bit p'd off by the green washing around wind power and solar, both thermal and electric. He fairly forcefully makes the point on wind and solar - (while) "Any clean, cheap energy is obviously welcomed they would never have the capacity of replacing Thermal Power Generation". Hydro gets a tick but with qualifications and pumped hydro got a mention before being dismissed due to the totally ignored economic facts. The fact that CO2 emissions are a small part of the greenhouse gases problem, and way smaller than both methane and the other impossible to argue with 'villain' are ignored, greenie arguments are allowed to run unchecked. Cardwell, while having a focus on coal, the main thrust of his argument, IMO, was thermal generation simply cannot be replaced with magic pudding solutions. And that nuclear is very clearly in the thermal generation camp, as acknowledged by the G20. And, Australia is the only member with no nuclear power generation, with even tiny Slovenia using it.
I do have solar installed and due to some fairly unique circumstances had a ROI in well under three years, a significant part of which I received No power bill. While I paid stuff all, I can clearly see the total cost, from the mining of all the metals involved, through the manufacturing, to the environmental impacts at end of useful life disposal impacts in landfill, is simply ignored by politicians to the desperately vacuous to have any cause to protest.
I am pro-nuclear because no rational argument exists against it. The 'anti everything I don't understand movement' is in fair part just willful ignorance based on Year 9 science and a belief The Magic Pudding was a true story.
lemons