misleading advice about nuclear solution to global warming

[miriam_e]

Please correct anybody who parrots the stupid statement that politicians and their pet news services keep making about nuclear power being any kind of solution to global warming. It is completely wrong.

A major part of greenhouse emissions come from vehicles. Nuclear power will make the world far more dangerous without helping vehicle emissions one tiny bit.

And as I mentioned in an earlier post: there is absolutely no way to ensure people return radioactive waste to "safe" storage. If they want to keep it to make bombs they will. The only safe solution is to not make it available in the first place. Leave it in the ground.

Comments

[annie-lyne.livejournal.com]

#1 is indeed a problem. A nice way around it would be technological improvements as to render the problem of attacks on power stations moot. I'm not a nuclear scientist, so I can't really speak on the matter :)

I don't know enough about the theory and practical considerations about dirty weaponry, so I can't really say anything on that point.