tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8241505550351823820.post8975045385194439418..comments2024-02-11T06:57:23.174-05:00Comments on SchansBlog: enviros debate nuclearEric Schansberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16147388189415035752noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8241505550351823820.post-69128758972136808212010-02-09T20:12:43.781-05:002010-02-09T20:12:43.781-05:00A year or two ago, I read the Sierra Club plan for...A year or two ago, I read the Sierra Club plan for solving our energy and environmental problems. Their plan involved cutting our energy budget into "wedges," and eliminating or replacing each of them. Naturally, they favored increased use of renewable energy—wind and solar—but the plan appeared to boil down to this: Reduce energy usage by about 50%. <br /><br />I think I have mentioned before, but the leading climate scientist James Hansen advocates use of nuclear. In fact, he advocates advanced fast neutron "breeder" reactors. These can burn nuclear waste, and leftover uranium hexafluoride from the cold war. We have enough of these to meet our energy needs <i>for a thousand years</i>.<br /><br />By the way, if you are interested in nuclear power, there's a fine book on the subject: <i>Power to Save the World: The Truth About Nuclear Energy</i> by Gwyneth Cravens.William Langhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04308959355199753193noreply@blogger.com