Comments on: 508 #29: Dio has rocked for a long, long time http://www.PieAndCoffee.org/2008/04/04/508-029/ "When things speed up hierarchy disappears and global theater sets in." --Marshall McLuhan Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:46:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mikehttp://www.PieAndCoffee.org/2008/04/04/508-029/comment-page-1/#comment-204621 Mike Sat, 03 May 2008 16:37:26 +0000 http://www.PieAndCoffee.org/2008/04/04/508-029/#comment-204621 <a href="http://www.rmi.org/sitepages/pid467.php" rel="nofollow">"Forget Nuclear"</a> is a new summary of the general economic case against nuclear power, which I mentioned in passing in this episode. <blockquote>Most remarkably, comparing all options’ ability to protect the earth’s climate and enhance energy security reveals why nuclear power could never deliver these promised benefits even if it could find free-market buyers—while its carbon-free rivals, which won $71 billion of private investment in 2007 alone, do offer highly effective climate and security solutions, sooner, with greater confidence.</blockquote> “Forget Nuclear” is a new summary of the general economic case against nuclear power, which I mentioned in passing in this episode.

Most remarkably, comparing all options’ ability to protect the earth’s climate and enhance energy security reveals why nuclear power could never deliver these promised benefits even if it could find free-market buyers—while its carbon-free rivals, which won $71 billion of private investment in 2007 alone, do offer highly effective climate and security solutions, sooner, with greater confidence.

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