".. Green votes attraction comes first and then fixing the economic damage.."
The Red Woodpecker has green Nuts, that's all that's driving our current governmnets policy. I use the last two worde losely!
The link below provides an interesting comparison of Nuclear Enegy to other sources. Put simply, many highly industrialised nations, including Germany, have no option other than to retain Nuclear Energy. The electorate will have a change of heart when the lights start to go out.
" o Coal and natural gas plants emit carbon dioxide emissions and natural gas needs an incredible amount of investment in pipelines and supporting infrastructure o Operating a 1,000-MW coal plant, for one year, produces 30,000 truckloads of ash that contains large amounts of carcinogens and toxins. Every second, up the smokestack, goes 600 pounds of carbon dioxide and ten pounds of sulfur dioxide o Extensive use of hydrogen is not practical due to its volatile nature and lack of infrastructure o Solar, wind and geothermal are all niche suppliers and are untried on a large scale. Geothermal seems to be limited to a few parts of any country and all three alternative means of generating electricity need massive investment in power transmission lines to get the power to where it?s needed. All three of these technologies are extremely important and each will successfully contribute, in a small way, to energy independence. But none are, today, capable of supplying base load power o A 1,000-MW solar plant would cover 129 to 259 square kilometers and use a thousand times the material needed to construct a nuclear plant of the same capacity. o To equal the output of South Korea?s Yongwangs six one-thousand-megawatt nuclear reactors, wind generators would require an area 245 kilometers wide extending from San Francisco to Los Angeles. Solar would require roughly 52 square kilometers of collector area. o High emissions, a negative energy return and severe environmental costs are associated with ethanol and make its use impractical o Hydro ? going to clean eco-friendly energy isn?t accomplished by damming what free-flowing rivers are left"
The Green Nuts do not understand the simple math and efficiecy facts.
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