tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post2750558860920296251..comments2024-03-07T02:00:01.582-05:00Comments on NEI Nuclear Notes: After Cap-and-TradeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-69319560473123910962009-11-25T23:55:42.484-05:002009-11-25T23:55:42.484-05:00Apropos of the above comments the Lancet has just ...Apropos of the above comments the <a href="http://download.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140673609617153.pdf?id=40bade4753939e7f:71ebc358:1252e366b75:e8b1259204751147" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">Lancet</a> has just published a study detailing a wide range of public health "co-benefits" to a carbon dioxide control regime apart from any supposed AGW mitigation: millions of lives saved worldwide, for example, according to one OECD study cited as CO2 can be seen as a "proxy pollutant" for the ancillary toxic particulate sulfur & nitrous oxide, VOC, & ozone emissions. This could prove useful should there be a scientific collapse widely discrediting AGW as a theory in and of itself.<br /><br />We are indeed living amidst an anomalous period of "global warming" known as the Holocene interglacial, some 8°C warmer than "average" temperatures over some 90% of the past couple million years at least; in contrast the last 30-40 years (since the global cooling crisis of the '70s) of purported anomalous warming is all a matter of a decimal of one degree -- and if the duration of the last 3-4 interglacials are any guide we are in fact nearing the end of the Holocene.Aaron Rizzionoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-1651020319200117922009-11-22T10:23:29.469-05:002009-11-22T10:23:29.469-05:00Well, I wouldn't get too ahead of myself. Even...Well, I wouldn't get too ahead of myself. Even if everything in the recent "Warmergate" scandal turns out to be accurate and true, too many people have too much invested emotionally, financially, politically, or all of the above, to let this issue go away that easily. As one person on the internet cynically put it, "hundreds of ... environmental editors need it to pay their mortgages."<br /><br />Anyhow, the case for nuclear power does not depend on global warming, climate change, or whatever new name comes along in the future to rebrand the same issue.Brian Mayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13962229896535398120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-71315284219028610952009-11-20T22:33:04.922-05:002009-11-20T22:33:04.922-05:00Thank you, David. I appreciate the clarification.
...Thank you, David. I appreciate the clarification.<br /><br />If the latest information on the email scandal involving the Hadley CRU scientists and associated researchers holds up to scrutiny, and if the basis for much of the criticism of CO2 released from energy producing sources is shown to have been misplaced, at best, and part of a grand disinformation campaign, at worst, then will the need for any type of tax or scheme on CO2 be eliminated as unnecessary?<br /><br />Full disclosure: I have been skeptical of AGW for some time as it assaults my common sense. I favor nuclear power because of its inherent efficiency in all respects and I oppose any form of pollution - physical and verbal - as it demonstrates disdain for my fellow human beings. Pardon my rant, please.DocForesightnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-80631959435791119332009-11-19T12:27:03.170-05:002009-11-19T12:27:03.170-05:00are we to assume that NEI Nuke Notes takes the pos...<i>are we to assume that NEI Nuke Notes takes the position that humans can exert an influence on global climate?</i><br /><br />No. Our position has to do with the cap and trade or carbon tax effects that are created to reduce CO2 emissions. If either of these (or others) are implemented, we will support the ones that are fair and treat nuclear fairly. That's all.<br /><br /><i>why not include opening the OCS and more on-shore lands for exploration?</i><br /><br />If you're asking if we support OCS, then we remain neutral on the topic. We're focused on trying to promote our own technology, that's plenty enough to do. :)David Bradishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02439638522932781068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-7364307857089415392009-11-19T11:41:18.774-05:002009-11-19T11:41:18.774-05:00Gentlemen: with this quote "...we’ll take wha...Gentlemen: with this quote "...we’ll take whatever gets the job of climate change mitigation done..." are we to assume that NEI Nuke Notes takes the position that humans can exert an influence on global climate?<br /><br />Considering the growing number of scientists who question the premise and the shifting public sentiment, it might be wiser to back off the cap-and-trade wagon until more evidence proves it's a necessary and workable mandate.<br /><br />Also, why not include opening the OCS and more on-shore lands for exploration? This is an Energy Bill, right?DocForesightnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-53674323234477999852009-11-19T10:07:18.845-05:002009-11-19T10:07:18.845-05:00$100 million per year for 10 years toward nuclear ...<i>$100 million per year for 10 years toward nuclear education and training. </i><br /><br />My favorite part. Lots of grants for people going to college studying mathematics and nuclear physics I hope. And training programs for nuclear workers. Sweet.Philnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-30314530471835986602009-11-19T06:54:29.783-05:002009-11-19T06:54:29.783-05:00The best day for the Earth's environment will ...The best day for the Earth's environment will be the day Robert Byrd retires. We'll never break coal's stranglehold on the economy while he's throwing his seniority around.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com