{"id":1973,"date":"2008-01-03T09:01:06","date_gmt":"2008-01-03T09:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetsave.com\/blog\/2008\/01\/03\/eminent-scientist-trashes-renwables-touts-nuclear\/"},"modified":"2008-01-03T09:01:06","modified_gmt":"2008-01-03T09:01:06","slug":"eminent-scientist-trashes-renwables-touts-nuclear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetsave.com\/articles\/eminent-scientist-trashes-renwables-touts-nuclear\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lindberg Report Podcast: Eminent Scientist Trashes Renewables, Touts Nuclear"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"lovelockportrait.gif\"<\/a>Sound familiar? Well, if you’ve been following my rant on nuclear power you’ll remember my first podcast on the subject concerning a paper<\/a> written by researcher Jesse Ausubel<\/a>, Nuclear Energy is Clean; Renewables Damage the Ecology<\/a> , condemning renewables and praising nuclear energy.<\/p>\n

Before continuing, once again I’ve produced a podcast on this subject, so if you don’t have time to read, tune in here: gaia.mp3<\/a><\/p>\n

Now, 86 year old Dr. James Lovelock, pictured at the left, has written a book, The Revenge of Gaia<\/em> (Penguin Books 2006), where he makes no bones about it – nuclear energy can save humanity, and “there is no sensible alternative to nuclear power if we are to sustain humanity,” a quote taken from the pages of the World Nuclear Association<\/a>‘s web pages.<\/p>\n

Mr. Lovelock’s career as an environmentalist and scientist is without question. You can read all about him on his website<\/a>. Gaia, in case hadn’t heard the term, refers to a hypothesis formulated by Dr. Lovelock in the 1960’s. Essentially, living and nonliving parts of the earth have a regulatory effect on the Earth’s environment.<\/p>\n

What caught my eye today as I was rolling through countless websites was a blog<\/a> written by James A. Finch, and I just had to comment, with all due respect to Mr. Finch and his opinion.<\/p>\n

In his article, Mr. Finch claims environmentalists won’t read the book, and quite possibly, their bosses will ban them from reading it. And should they sneak out and get a copy, according to Mr. Finch, they may very well become lobbyists for the nuclear cause. That is, of course, if they bathe, shave and spiff up a bit.<\/p>\n

This is good stuff, and it gets better. In a forward by the “Editor<\/a>” of “Blowing Our Tax Dollars on Wind Farms” and I’ll just quote him, ”<\/p>\n

“Editor:
\nMr. Lovelock seems to love nuclear and hate wind farms. The \u201cGreen Movement\u201d loves wind and hates nukes. Odd. The \u201cGreen Movement\u201d is based on the theory of Gaia by Mr. Lovelock.<\/em><\/p>\n

Gaia is like a religion to the \u201cGreens\u201d. I appreciate Mr. Lovelock\u2019s concern for the planet and I share that concern with him. According to Mr. Lovelock, just about everything the \u201cGreens\u201d are trying to shove down our collective throats, he disagrees with. The problem with the Greens is that their agenda is quite different to that of Mr. Lovelock. Al Gore, Maurice Strong, David Suzuki, Ted Turner and all the other leaders of the \u201cGreen Movement\u201d are using Gaia to push for control, power and money under the guise of sustainability. The \u201cGreen Movement\u201d is a fraud. They should be honest, they are about globalization or,\u201dOne World Order\u201d controlled by the UN or a similar body.<\/em><\/p>\n

Realistically they should be tried for treason against their respective countries”.alternative energy – \u201cJames Lovelock\u2019s Latest Book Trashes Renewables, Endorses Nuclear Energy\u2019<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Are we having fun yet? OK, getting back to Mr. Finch and his comments. He points out certain areas of the book, like Chapter Five, “Sources of Energy.” Mr. Fitch said the good Dr. “concisely and cogently answers every silly ‘theory’ about renewable energy sources hyped by the ‘green’ movement.”<\/p>\n

Then we travel on to the exact same type of trashing stated by Mr Ausubel in his paper, taking each renewable energy source and thoroughly discounting it.<\/p>\n

In the book, Finch says Lovelock addresses Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and other events over the past half-century, then says if you ever wondered about radiation and cancer, well Dr. Lovelock has answers for that as well.<\/p>\n

Here’s the second best part of Mr. Finch’s article, and I quote, “You may leap up, after reading those pages, and start faxing them off to every environmentalist group you can contact. It may be the most definitive analysis of the disconnect the media and the ‘greens’ have about nuclear energy and its impact on our health that you have ever read”.<\/em> Ok.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The capper for me is a statement made by Dr. Lovelock in his book, “I have offered in public to accept all the high-level waste produced in a year from a nuclear power station for deposit on my small plot of land. It would occupy a space about a cubic metre in size and fit safely in a concrete pit, and I would use the heat from its decaying radioactive elements to heat my home. It would be a waste not to use it. More important, it would be no danger to me, my family or the wildlife.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Finch finishes with this statement, “That should enlighten the yokels arguing against the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste depository<\/em>“.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well, hell, why didn’t we think of that in the first place? Shut down the Yucca Mountain money pit, dig a hole in Dr. Lovelock’s back yard and bury all that waste just waiting for a place to fizzle out, around 10,000 years or so. That way, he can heat the whole town for eternity.<\/p>\n

If you’d like a fun read, I suggest Mr. Finch’s article. Every “yokel” needs a good laugh now and then.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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