Sentences with phrase «nuclear advocates»

Then again, nuclear advocates point out that there are plenty of problems associated with fossil fuel emissions — and not just from carbon dioxide.

Then at least there would be a place for nuclear advocates to go at it, rather than filling up unrelated comment threads with it.

Between 1966 and 1974, the Sierra Club started to favor coal over nuclear, even though prominent nuclear advocates like Oak Ridge National Lab's Alvin Weinberg were warning the world of the threat of global warming from continued coal use.

Other countries that are counting on kilowatt - hours to cut infant mortality aren't so picky, nuclear advocates note, and it would behoove wealthier parts of the world to help them gain access to energy, even if it's not the cleanest available.

And while nuclear advocates have attempted to blame this on environmental groups, PG&E was clear that inflexible nuclear generation is not compatible with future grids that will incorporate large volumes of renewable energy.

Nuclear advocates have repeatedly attempted to paint their chosen technology as a victim of unreasonable bias by environmentalists.

The nuclear advocates frequently state that only nuclear is big and fast enough to deal with global warming.

I often hear nuclear advocates proclaiming that «nuclear is THE solution to global warming» and that «no one can be serious about dealing with global warming if they don't support expanded use of nuclear power» but I have never heard any nuclear advocate lay out a plan showing how many nuclear power plants would have to be built in what period of time to have a significant impact on GHG emissions.

11:40 a.m. Updated below George Monbiot, the British environmental writer who's moved, over time, from an anti-nuclear stance to being «nuclear - neutral» as a climate campaigner to nuclear advocate (because of the Fukushima Daiichi emergency), has written a column doubling down on his critique of anti-nuclear campaigners pushing radiation fears.

Pro nuclear advocates who think climate science is a hoax or is somehow or in some way unsound, which is a lot of the U.S. pro nuclear advocates, would do well to read this chapter.

Though optimistic that Fukushima will eventually be instructive, in the short run it will make a CES more difficult because a rising anti-nuclear sentiment «makes it difficult to put nuclear in» an energy standard, while at the same time, nuclear advocates will say, «If you're not putting nuclear in, we're not going to have a standard.»

That's why some nuclear advocates I'm familiar with (particular the LFTR advocates) believe that global warming can only be stopped if a nuclear reactor can be developed that produces electricity more cheaply than coal...

But at present, Dynegy is pitted against Exelon, nuclear advocates are at loggerheads with wind developers, and the Chicago Mayor, Attorney General and consumer groups like AARP are deeply skeptical both utility proposals.

In addition, the nuclear advocates all talk about the next generation of nuclear power that would not only use a fraction of current uranium consumption per kWh but may also be able to extract power from the nuclear waste that has been produced to date.

Nuclear advocates have repeatedly attempted to paint their chosen technology as a victim of unreasonable bias by environmentalists.

Some nuclear advocates, including the Nuclear Energy Institute and our former colleague (and current California gubernatorial candidate) Michael Shellenberger, are backing the proposed rule.

With solar methane the base load that the nuclear advocates say that only they can generate can be maintained with conventional gas turbine power plants running on easily stored solar methane.