Now here’s an interesting one – in an interview with Iceland Review, Greenpeace co-founder Partick Moore explains why he is in favor of nuclear energy. Patrick Moore left the prominent environmental organization in 1986 because he felt the organization began “abandoning science and logic.” Now the director of Greenspirit, Moore speaks out for the nuclear industry, the forest industry and supports genetically engineered crops. Is he still an environmentalist?Here’s an example: You were quoted as saying that global warming and the melting of glaciers is positive because it “creates more arable land.” I can understand how more arable land could be a good thing, but aren’t those positives offset by the loss of fresh water and rising sea levels? To readhis answer and the rest of the interview, click here.
The problem with these Nadar wannabes is that they miss the obvious in favour of gaining prominence and notoriety — and therefore an income from sounding off at the mouth.
ReplyDeleteThe whole environment approach is about throwing more fuel on the fire which differs not a jot from that of the caveman huddled around the tribal hearth.
Buildings are highly inefficient from the point of view of thermal coefficients and the worst perpetrators are the floor and roof, accounting for about 60% of all heat loss.
New and more stringent laws on building insulation would therefore go a long way towards reducing the demand for power and so the need for ridiculous energy sources like nuclear power which is unclean, unsafe and uncontrollable in the event of war or earthquakes.
Moore needs more common sense.