Not exact matches
By comparison,
nuclear and wind
power are
proven technologies that emit no carbon and whose environmental risks and costs are thoroughly understood and which can make an immediate difference for the better.
The
technology is
proven, PRISM's simplified reactor design will speed construction, and GEH's technical and operational expertise has
proven our ability to consistently deliver on time and on budget
nuclear power projects anywhere in the world.
The focus of both the OPA report and the response of the Ontario government is not on renewable energy and conservation; it's on
nuclear power - a
technology that has a
proven track record of being unsafe, unsustainable and uneconomical.
Similarly, the notion that
proven energy strategies «trap us in the past» fails to recognize that «past» energy
technologies (oil, gas, coal,
nuclear and hydroelectric) actually provide 94 % of the energy that
powers America today; are abundant, reliable and affordable; and represent a monumental improvement over the wind, solar, wood, dung and water wheel
power that feebly energized mankind for millennia.
[20] The previous Prime Minister, John Howard, stated that
nuclear power is a better alternative, as clean coal
technology may not
prove to be economically favorable.
An absolutely
proven technology worldwide, cogeneration — or combined heat and
power (CHP)-- schemes are generally fossil fuel, biomass, or
nuclear dependent.