Environmentalists Coming Around to Nuclear Power?

Heywood J. Blaume writes "In a Washington Post editorial Patrick Moore, a founder of Greenpeace, now says he was wrong about opposing nuclear power 30 years ago. In the article he addresses common myths about nuclear power, and puts forth the position that nuclear power is the only feasible, affordable power source that can solve today's growing environmental and energy policy issues. From the article: 'Thirty years on, my views have changed, and the rest of the environmental movement needs to update its views, too, because nuclear energy may just be the energy source that can save our planet from another possible disaster: catastrophic climate change.'"

Obvious Simpsons quote

[Opportunist]

Excellent...

Re:It is real, look out the window

[ndansmith]

I concur! There seems to be a lot more hot air circulating around Slashdot . . .

Patrick Moore plays the xylophone though!

[drgonzo59]

/Sorry, mandatory Patrick Moore link [weebls-stuff.com]

Re:It's good to see Moore writing this

[nomadic]

The obvious point is that he's a respected environmentalist, and not a bought and paid for lobbyist of the nuclear industry.

Ummm, no, he IS a bought and paid for lobbyist of the nuclear industry.

Re:It is real, look out the window

[dougmc]

GW is potentially beneficial and potentially harmful depending on local effects of GW...

GWB?

Re:It is real, look out the window

[tsm_sf]

For example, if you live in a coastal town anywhere on the globe... possibly harmful. If you live inland, on a mountaintop, in Alaska... possibly beneficial. You glass half-empty people need to cheer the fuck up.

Re:It is real, look out the window

[Anonymous Coward]

And yet they still can't accurately tell me if it will rain within the next few hours.

Detailed models my ass.

Oh blah

[Julian Morrison]

Says the species who lives everywhere from the Arctic to the Sahara: "three degrees of warming will kill our civilization".

And if you bought that one, I have some seafront land in Kansas going cheap...

Those 4 unexplained hours?

[LibertineR]

If you run Windows, you spend it repairing your system in between gaming lockups.
If you run Linux, you spend it masterbating and looking for more fuel for masterbation on the Internet until the the re-compile is done.
If you run MacOS, you spend it bragging about running MacOS until Starbucks closes.
If you run Solaris, you spend it looking for a job where you can still run Solaris.

If you run none of the above, you spend it having a life, playing with your children, or humping your wife.

I run Windows, but I'm getting a divorce, so I will soon be switching to Linux.

Re:It is real, look out the window

[the argonaut]

Homeowners' Association. Created by CCR's (Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions), these delightful little private fiefdoms were originally used to keep blacks and Jews from moving into neighborhoods. Now they're used to keep out anybody who might want a basketball hoop in their front yard or paint their house any color besides the four approved colors.

Re:It is real, look out the window

[qkslvr846]

uh, you divided a volume by an area. you need the surface area and the volumes of both to figure this out correctly (although props on remembering the density). i dont feel like looking them up, you're welcome to if you wish.