Regular Terra Rossa readers know I’m not a fan of the morally elitist, gloom-and-doom climate rhetoric of some lefties. But why not leverage the liberals’, er, energy to get something smart conservatives want? That’s good politics, right?
And that’s the point of a recent column by well-known conservative Cal Thomas on Townhall.com. Cal’s onto something…
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October 18th, 2007 at 3:00 pm
Conservatives Coming to a Climate Consensus?
No. But they are realizing that achieving energy independence and fighting climate change both have common solutions…
October 18th, 2007 at 4:37 pm
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October 18th, 2007 at 5:54 pm
As an energy professional, my biggest concern when electric energy policy is discussed is that few understand how electricity is actually made right now. (Mr. Thomas article is not really a case in point - he is advocating tackling the problem agressively more than specific solutions. But we’ll see what part II brings.)
If we don’t understand our energy present, how can we hope to pick the best energy future? I happen to work in the U.S. nuclear industry myself, and I can assure you it is nothing like what either its proponents and critics image. It has its problems and its benefits - but again, these are not well understood by outsiders - including the press, pundits, politicians and academics.
To help with the public energy discussion, I’ve called on my twenty years in the US nuclear industry to write a novel on the topic . - its people, its politics, its technology. Rad Decision is available at no cost online at http://RadDecision.blogspot.com - and readers seem to like it judging from their comments on the homepage. It is also now in paperback at online retailers (and I get no royalties from it.)
Do I think we should embrace nuclear power? Perhaps, but I think the most important thing right now is to really understand what all our options really are. I hope “Rad Decision” can add some real world experience to that discussion.
“I’d like to see Rad Decision widely read.” - Stewart Brand, founder of “The Whole Earth Catalog”, National Book Award winner, and noted futurist.