Monday, November 06, 2006
Nuclear Power - NO, for so many reasons
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Nuclear power is a dumb idea for Australia, for so many reasons. The waste can't be made safe for hundreds of thousands of years, and all that time it has to be stored and guarded so it doesn't leak or get stolen; more nuclear material out in the world makes it easier for warmongers to get their hands on nuclear weapons; and nowhere on this planet does nuclear power operate without massive Government subsidies, often hidden. So why does John Howard raise the issue? Only so he can claim he's pursuing cleaner energy sources than traditional coal (greenhouse gas emitter) power stations. He knows it's not a goer – he just wants to look good.
Nuclear power is a dumb idea for Australia, for so many reasons. The waste can't be made safe for hundreds of thousands of years, and all that time it has to be stored and guarded so it doesn't leak or get stolen; more nuclear material out in the world makes it easier for warmongers to get their hands on nuclear weapons; and nowhere on this planet does nuclear power operate without massive Government subsidies, often hidden. So why does John Howard raise the issue? Only so he can claim he's pursuing cleaner energy sources than traditional coal (greenhouse gas emitter) power stations. He knows it's not a goer – he just wants to look good.
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It is impossible to claim that nuclear will be better from a climate change perspective because we won't be burning so much coal when a switch from coal-burning powerplants to nuclear ones here in Australia will just see us increase our astronomical coal exports to China and India. The amount of coal we in Australia burn is as nothing from a climate change point of view compared to the amount of coal we export for others to burn.
If the government was pushing this nuclear power debate as an honest solution to climate change, it would push banning coal exports at the same time. Nobody is proposing we do that, and it would be disastrous for Queensland and much of the rest of Australia at least in the short to medium term if we did. Climate change isn't the reason Howard is pushing the nuclear power debate - he just hopes to divide and distract Australians from the 10 years of complete lack of vision from the Federal Government in this area of policy.
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If the government was pushing this nuclear power debate as an honest solution to climate change, it would push banning coal exports at the same time. Nobody is proposing we do that, and it would be disastrous for Queensland and much of the rest of Australia at least in the short to medium term if we did. Climate change isn't the reason Howard is pushing the nuclear power debate - he just hopes to divide and distract Australians from the 10 years of complete lack of vision from the Federal Government in this area of policy.
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