“Nuclear power is so slow and expensive that it doesn’t even matter whether or not it is ‘low-carbon’ (let alone ‘zero-carbon’). It is too slow, too expensive, too dangerous, hasn’t solved its lethal waste problem and presents a potentially disastrous security and proliferation risk. It can make no plausible financial case, compared with renewables and energy efficiency, nor can it deliver nearly enough electricity in time to stay the inexorable onrush of climate catastrophe. “Nuclear power isn’t a climate solution of course. Are they really that lazy and stupid? Possibly not. And this lie goes unchallenged by our willing politicians who blithely repeat it. It has rebranded itself as ‘zero-carbon,’ which is a lie. The civilian nuclear power industry is desperately scrambling to find a way into the COP climate solutions. “Not that the two things are unconnected. They’d just like to hasten things along a bit by inflicting a nuclear armageddon on us as well. It’s as if they haven’t even noticed that our planet is already going quite rapidly to hell in a handbasket. “But what are the world’s greatest greenhouse gas emitters consumed with right now? Upgrading and expanding their nuclear weapons arsenals. PHOTO: Will the COP26 be more “blah, blah, blah” on climate change, as Greta Thunberg (pictured at a pre-COP26 event) has warned against? And will nuclear power slither under the door as a bogus climate solution? (Photo: MAURO UJETTO/Shutterstock) It should be grounds for an appearance at the International Criminal Court. “Not doing anything radical on climate at this stage is fundamentally a crime against humanity. I mean, even the Queen of England has had enough of the all-talk-and-no-action of our world leaders, who have been, by and large, thoroughly useless. “So if some of us do not feel the blush of optimism on our cheeks, we can be forgiven. Twenty five rounds of “blah, blah, blah” as youth climate activist, Greta Thunberg, so aptly put it. That means there have already been 25 tries at dealing with the once impending and now upon us climate crisis. Well, some of us are in Glasgow, Scotland at the COP itself, and some of us, this writer included, are sitting at a distance, trying to feel hopeful.
“So here we are again at another COP (Conference of the Parties). HIDDEN AGENDA: The unspoken argument for more nuclear power
Our colleague, Linda Pentz Gunter, the International Specialist at Beyond Nuclear, has written a brilliant piece, about the connections between nuclear power and nuclear weapons, which we post in its entirety.
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