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Environmentalist Saint is in favor of nuclear power - lessor Greenies seeth and whine
EFLâOnly nuclear power can now halt global warmingâ Leading environmentalist urges radical rethink on climate change By Michael McCarthy Environment Editor 24 May 2004 Global warming is now advancing so swiftly that only a massive expansion of nuclear power as the worldâs main energy source can prevent it overwhelming civilisation, the scientist and celebrated Green guru, James Lovelock says. [not the same Prof Lovelock as in the Wild Wild West series] His call will cause huge disquiet for the environmental movement. It has long considered the 84-year-old radical thinker among its greatest heroes, and sees climate change as the most important issue facing the world, but it has always regarded opposition to nuclear power as an article of faith. Last night the leaders of both Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth rejected his call... [some Greenies would rather go back to gathering/hunting - others want us to have mandatory birth control, others want...] Posted by: mhw 2004-05-24 |
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