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Written by Director Professor Thomas R Manley
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Monday, 12 February 2007 |
Nuclear power is the clean, clear answer
The scaremongering by Greenpeace, the Liberal Democrats, the Tory Zac
Goldsmith about the dangers of global warming is sheer hypocrisy.
They all ignore the fact that we have a power station fuel that
produces no greenhouse gases whatever, is by far the safest method of
generating electricity, is not susceptible to terrorists getting to
pipelines bringing gas from Turkmenistan (assuming President Putin
allows it to come in the first place) and has no technical problem with
waste. This is, of course, uranium.
In surveys, the general public vote 60% in favour of wind farms; of
course, the questionnaire does not remind them that would cost an extra
5p per kwhr using wind.
On the other hand, if one asked of electrical engineers, without whom
there would be no power, the question "is the proposal to get 5% of the
National Grid from wind ludicrous" then the answer would be almost 100%
"yes".
The difference between the public perception and reality is worrying.
It is caused by the dishonest propaganda of Greenpeace and the
incompetent journalists of the BBC and left wing newspapers.
I believe Greenpeace to be a Marxist organisation that aims to damage
the economies of the free world under the pretence of concern for the
planet. The infamous Kyoto Agreement illustrates this in that whilst
restrictions were placed on the free world economies, the world's worst
polluter, China, was exempt, being a Marxist country; socialist India
was also exempt.
Director Professor Thomas R Manley
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