tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post2261095702034821098..comments2024-03-07T02:00:01.582-05:00Comments on NEI Nuclear Notes: Nuclear Energy in Australia? Someday – MaybeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-51029094276130804292009-07-23T15:14:00.475-04:002009-07-23T15:14:00.475-04:00"Ha, as your comment didn't give an indic...<i>"Ha, as your comment didn't give an indication of whether you were for or against nuclear power, it could be interpreted quite ...ominously."</i><br /><br />Click on my name. That will take you to my blog, and you can decide for yourself.Finrodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02447747229391757964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-50811002668808793732009-07-23T08:07:38.686-04:002009-07-23T08:07:38.686-04:00Ha, as your comment didn't give an indication ...Ha, as your comment didn't give an indication of whether you were for or against nuclear power, it could be interpreted quite ...ominously.distantbodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07946688031138536683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-70573724698953197182009-07-23T05:38:36.456-04:002009-07-23T05:38:36.456-04:00Attitudes toward nuclear power may change here in ...Attitudes toward nuclear power may change here in Australia sooner than anyone thinks... at least if I have anything to do with it, and I intend to.Finrodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02447747229391757964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-89055829486126817792009-07-22T16:52:31.222-04:002009-07-22T16:52:31.222-04:00Actually, the Liberals are the conservative party,...Actually, the Liberals are the conservative party, and from late 2007 haven't been in power (at least federally). It's correct to say that they're the party that was more inclined to lean to nuclear, as John Howard (former Liberal party leader and Prime Minister) tried to lead a debate about it in his last couple of years in office.<br /><br />Unfortunately, the Labor party (who run the current Federal government) have a longstanding policy against nuclear power that I think is unlikely to change any time soon, at least as long as the Greens have significant sway in the Senate - nothing gets passed without them.<br /><br />Interestingly enough, Rio Tinto, who are one of the world's biggest coal miners, also came out swinging in favour of nuclear power in a submission to a government inquiry on climate change (with the national broadsheet, The Australian, reporting this on its front page yesterday). They also have significant uranium interests, but the value of their coal business has to be orders of magnitude more than their uranium business.Isaachttp://isaacroberts.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-69389262384003434012009-07-22T13:04:26.923-04:002009-07-22T13:04:26.923-04:00On "foreign" political parties' name...On "foreign" political parties' names ... "Democrat" and "Republican" are the ultimate in non-disclosure as far as political position goes. Unless, of course, you choose to assume that from comparison with the <i><b>Democratic</b> People's <b>Republic</b> of Korea</i> (aka <i>North Korea</i>), both groups represent totalitarian communists. :-)<br /><br />I dont think it's a given that the head of a national nuclear institute supports the extension of nuclear power. I'm sure there have been periods in several European countries where this was arguable at best. So I greet Mr. Switkowski's words with pleasure and applaud the effect they are having on the Australian debate.Joffanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18025437863119781181noreply@blogger.com