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Room for nuclear energy in the future: new IEA chief

World Sep. 08, 2011 - 05:27AM JST ( 3 )

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BucknekkidSep. 08, 2011 - 10:04AM JST

This is like the NRA head saying we need guns.
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AsagaoSep. 08, 2011 - 03:02PM JST

Idiot
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LFRAgainSep. 09, 2011 - 03:55AM JST

Regardless of whether one agrees with her position, the question still on the table is how to make up the massive gap in power provided by underdeveloped renwable energy sources, like geothermal, solar, and wind.

Bottom line, none of these renewable energy sources come even close to meeting the energy demands of modern societies. Not a single one of them. Even combined, they don't come close.

I would love nothing more than to see solar and wind supplant all energy sources in the world someday. But until then, what do we do to make up the shortfall? Burn more oil? Coal? Natural gas? The environmental consequences of effectively stepping backwards by replacing relatively clean nuclear power with sources gleaned from fossil fuels would result in a far greater and immediate impact the overall health and liveablity of this planet than nuclear ever has.