Prominent physicist Professor Wade Allison has called for society to urgently reassess the risks and benefits of nuclear energy.
In a note published by the Global Warming Policy Foundation, Professor Allison (University of Oxford) says that because of the weakness of solar and wind power, nuclear is the only energy technology that can offer society a positive future. [emphasis, links added]
Professor Allison said:
“The sustainability of life tomorrow depends on the bold solutions made by young people today, not the fears in times past.
“In particular, they should invest in nuclear energy for society as a whole, just as the elderly trust such technology for their personal health.”
Wade Allison: The provision of energy without fear (pdf)
“… just as the elderly trust such technology for their personal health.”
I’m old and old-fashioned. When I read about something called ‘mRNA’ being touted as a vaccine, I did a spot of checking. Researchers have been ‘messing about with’ mRNA for about ten years. THANKS BUT NO THANKS. CDC (?) put the word out, the Johnson and Johnson can only be administered to the elderly who won’t have anything else. That’s us. Two ‘shots’, then it’s “J&J is causing blood clots.” Done. Finished. No more. Sensible diet (almost Keto), plenty of fresh air and sunshine, take our chances.
“… trust such technology …” – do some investigating first.
From the article, “because of the weakness of solar and wind power, nuclear is the only energy technology that can offer society a positive future.” Because harmful climate change is a fraud, fossil fuels also provide a positive future.
We need to remember one of the motivations that started the global warming movement was to force de-industrialization by making energy scarce and expensive. At the end of the 1970’s it appeared we would run out of fossil fuels before 2000 so opposing nuclear was a path towards de-industrialization. When new technology made fossil fuels abundant then the de-industrialization movement help create the global warming cause. This is why the climate change movement opposes nuclear energy.
I started to pay attention when Maurice Strong was given the CEO position at Ontario Hydro by socialist Bob Rae. A newspaper article by Lawrence Solomon lead to my purchase of his book “The Deniers” . Solomon is a no-nukes activist, and his worry was that the elimination of fossil fuels would result in more nuclear generating stations. I don’t share his paranoia of nuclear energy, but he has been proven prescient. Wind turbines and solar farms are not the foundation of a dependable electrical grid. They are bad investments propped up by ideology and government mandates.
Modular nuclear generators look promising. Get on with it.
A Nuclear Power Plant takes up less area then dose Wind Turbines and Solar Panels
Nuclear has a thousand times the energy density of solar energy and ten thousand times the energy density of wind power. Except when the plant is down for routine maintenance, nuclear produces power 24 hours a day 365 days a year.