J.Oliver:green new deal

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  • May 13, 2019 at 7:58 am #101297
    wv
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    May 14, 2019 at 9:00 am #101336
    nittany ram
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    That was really good.

    Along with a carbon tax we need to continuously look to improve upon existing forms of renewable energy and develop new technologies. But any serious proposal to stop climate change must include nuclear energy. Global electricity usage is projected to increase by 50% in the next 20 years or so. Wind and solar power alone simply cannot accommodate that demand. Nuclear energy could and it produces zero carbon. Nuclear energy has its own challenges (nuclear waste, etc) but we no longer have the time to ignore viable options no matter how unpopular they might be.

    May 14, 2019 at 6:40 pm #101350
    wv
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    nittany ram wrote:

    That was really good.

    Along with a carbon tax we need to continuously look to improve upon existing forms of renewable energy and develop new technologies. But any serious proposal to stop climate change must include nuclear energy. Global electricity usage is projected to increase by 50% in the next 20 years or so. Wind and solar power alone simply cannot accommodate that demand. Nuclear energy could and it produces zero carbon. Nuclear energy has its own challenges (nuclear waste, etc) but we no longer have the time to ignore viable options no matter how unpopular they might be.

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    Well, I suppose, I’m not against Nuclear Power, but I think it should be nationalized. Something that serious ought to be owned by the ‘people’ and not a corporation.

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    May 14, 2019 at 7:53 pm #101354
    nittany ram
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    wv wrote:

    Something that serious ought to be owned by the ‘people’ and not a corporation.

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    Of course YOU feel that way, Fidel.

    Actually I’d be cool if all energy was nationalized. We need to fast track new technologies. I’d like the government to prioritize energy research like they did the first moonshot. I want them to create a NASA for renewable energy. It’ll never happen, because unlike the ‘Space Race’, renewable energy is the enemy of a large portion of the government that’s committed to maintaining the status quo (fossil fuels).

    May 14, 2019 at 10:18 pm #101367
    wv
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    nittany ram wrote:
    wv wrote:

    Something that serious ought to be owned by the ‘people’ and not a corporation.

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    Of course YOU feel that way, Fidel.

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    i prefer to be known as wv-Che

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    May 14, 2019 at 11:33 pm #101369
    zn
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    Yep. All energy sources and energy production modes plus all utilities should be nationalized and publicly owned.

    For one thing, none of it should be competing. They should all be collaborating under the umbrella of rational policies.

    And of course none of it should be profit driven. Rational planning, not profit.

    Cause. I mean. Jeesh.

    May 15, 2019 at 6:56 am #101382
    nittany ram
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    zn wrote:

    Yep. All energy sources and energy production modes plus all utilities should be nationalized and publicly owned.

    For one thing, none of it should be competing. They should all be collaborating under the umbrella of rational policies.

    And of course none of it should be profit driven. Rational planning, not profit.

    Cause. I mean. Jeesh.

    Well said. I would put you in charge if all this if it were up to me.

    Your official title would be Director of Energy Resources and Scorpion Ballista Deployment.

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