Blogposts by Tag: nuclear energy

  • Sauvons la Terre (et nous avec !)

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    Published Monday, March 10, 2008 at 10:12
    by frederic.vareillas Join PES activists in Save our planet (1092 views and 3 comments)

    Bonjour à celles et ceux qui voudront bien prendre le temps de me lire, (Bonne journée de la Femme).

    - J' ai déjà écrit au sujet de "Gaïa" et de Lovelock et je n'y reviendrai pas ici.
    - EN REVANCHE, je vous conseille à toutes et tous de lire le numéro de cette semaine de : "Le Nouvel Observateur" (6-12 mars 2008):

    Page 90-91 : "2029 : Le Krach écologique", par Geneviève FERONE, sur les effets désastreux du changement climatique et de la crise énergétique en Europe et dans le monde. Nous devons agir dès 2009, nous socialistes Européens.
    Page 5-6 : "Nicholas Stern ; le sonneur de tocsin", par Jean-Gabriel FREDET : Exhortons l'Europe et le Monde à changer de modèle de croissance très très vite.

    Pour les plus courageux, signalons toujours, en Poche (pas cher) : "Un monde de ressources Rares", par Eric ORSENNA et Le Cercle des Economistes (2007) :

    Changeons notre économie, fondée sur la finance et les monnaies, pour une économie fondée sur les flux énergétiques et leur coût réel.

    Faisons donc changer l'Europe le plus vite possible vers une civilisation du recyclage, de la décroissance, de l'électricité, de l'électronique, des transports en commun, de la... read more

    Tags: climate change, CO2, electricity, energy, environment, nuclear energy, transport

  • To go nuclear or not to go nuclear, that's the hot topic

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    Published Friday, February 29, 2008 at 15:44
    by frederic.vareillas Join PES activists in Save our planet (1220 views and 4 comments)

    All right, my friend,

    You are concerned about the waste. So, all I can tell you is: What do you suggest we do?

    We have two years left before oil and gas cost ten times more than today; solar energy and wind turbines can supply maximum 7 percent of our total consumption of energy; oceans are littered with plastic bags, wrappings, and are 80 percent DEAD; the sun is getting hotter; we are killing the great forests to get wood to burn (and transform into paper); Earth's temperature is rising 2 degrees Celsius (which is huge) due to CO2 and methane.

    What would you say if we could recycle and reutilize nuke waste and nuke plants?

    Think again: We have two years in front of us before the great depression.

    What do you suggest we do?

    Friendly,
    Fred

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    Tags: climate change, CO2, electricity, energy, environment, fossil fuels, nuclear energy, oil, sustainable energy

  • Nuclear energy is not the answer!

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    Published Tuesday, February 26, 2008 at 14:47
    by reimannsdavid Join PES activists in Save our planet (1220 views and 2 comments)

    Hey!

    I don´t believe that nuclear power is a suitable solution for mankind´s energy shortness. It is not reasonable to build up new nuclear power plants. We should not accept nuclear technology without criticism, how Frederic does in a certain way.

    We all have to accept that uranium is a fossile energy resource, too. When we keep using it in the amount of today, the world´s reservoir of it will end in about 50 to 60 years, just like coal, gas, oil (source: German governmental department of economy).

    Everybody can imagine how each new nuclear energy plant fastens these developments. The hunger for uranium will increase, it´s reservoir will empty faster. So we should try to find alternatives to it as fast as possible instead of wasting money on this dying sort of energy. Every Cent that is used to support nuclear technology is an investment in the past, not in the future.

    All our efforts must be concentrated on the development of modifications that make existing power plants more efficient. We must focus on renewable energy sources such as wind and water energy. Particularly the possibilities of solar energy are amazing: recognize that only 1 % of the sun´s energy that reaches our planet... read more

    Tags: energy, fossil fuels, nuclear energy, renewable energy

  • “Revenge of Gaia” - just two more pieces of advice, if I may

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    Published Tuesday, February 26, 2008 at 10:16
    by frederic.vareillas Join PES activists in Save our planet (1072 views and 2 comments)

    Dear friends,

    I would like to share two other readings with you so as we're able to think Europe's near future through:

    First: There's a very interesting issue of "L'Ecologiste" #24; Oct-Dec 2007 (French version of the original "The Ecologist", London, UK) about the biofuel hoax and slowing our cars' speed.

    Also look at the present issue of "The Ecologist": "The end of food as we know it" (London, 2008). You should also have a look at the website: www.theecologist.org – it’s interesting (English and French versions available).

    Second: A French essay by Eric Orsenna and Le Cercle des Economistes: "Un monde de ressources rares" (2008, paperback, French only). They offer some economical and political ways to deal with scarcity.

    Your friend,
    Frederic (Paris)

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    Tags: biofuels, climate change, CO2, electricity, energy, environment, nuclear energy, oil, transport

  • Please read this book - about the European and global environment

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    Published Monday, February 25, 2008 at 09:20
    by frederic.vareillas Join PES activists in Save our planet (1169 views and 6 comments)

    Hi,

    I strongly advise all PES activists to read sir James Lovelock's "The revenge of Gaia" (2008, paperback). We absolutely need to take his views into account.

    Lovelock is 89 years old: He has nothing to lose and he tells us everything we need to know.
    Please read his book and think twice before you get your act together.

    Yours faithfully,
    Frederic (Paris, France)

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    Tags: climate change, CO2, environment, nuclear energy, oil

  • PES Council: moving forward with ‘Save our planet’

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    Published Tuesday, December 4, 2007 at 16:27
    by Editor in Save our planet (1567 views and 4 comments)

    A roundtable debate on the ‘Save our planet’ manifesto theme concluded the first day of PES Council. Here are a few opinions and impressions from the debate:

    Hans Eichel, former German Minister of Finance, and chair of the PES Lisbon Network, encouraged the governments of the Left in Europe to develop a coherent and realistic strategy of sustainable development. Eichel explained that the idea of an effective green growth policy has always been one pillar of the Lisbon Strategy, but he underlined that with the “integrated policy guidelines” a good instrument has now been developed for linking the different strategies that used to be separate.

    Modern environmental policies are essentially knowledge based; without advanced technologies and innovative policies, the necessary transition to a low carbon future might take too long.

    Herbert Schmalstieg, President of the Union of Socialist Local and Regional Representatives in Europe, who had been Mayor of the city of Hannover for 34 years, stressed how important citizens’ involvement is for climate change policy. He emphasised the importance of cities – where more than 50 percent of Europe’s population live – and outlined a number of examples how this can be... read more

    Tags: climate change, CO2, council, environment, nuclear energy, tax

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