I'm a firmly established skeptic when it comes to all the apocalyptic predictions about the looming demise of planet Earth.
But for those of you who insist the planet is threatened by man-made global warming/climate change/extreme weather/the climate crisis/etc., this recent column in the Globe and Mail by author Dan Gardner should be required reading.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opi...ey-to-fighting-climate-change-so-why-dont-we/
He's absolutely right about the only real option for reducing man-made greenhouse gases.
Forget about renewable energy and carbon pricing and the like. The answer is nuclear energy. Given the technology that exists today, massive investments in more nuclear power are the only way to produce meaningful reductions in man-made emissions.
The challenge, of course, is that so much of the "climate change" activism is led by environmental zealots rather than serious scientists.
Thus, none of the political leaders in Canada are talking about nuclear power in any serious way. Even worse, most of the politicians vying to be the next president of the United States haven't included nuclear power in their "climate change" plans, despite many claiming to believe in a "Green New Deal."
The reality is this: If nuclear power isn't central to their plans, then they're not serious about reducing man-made emissions.
But for those of you who insist the planet is threatened by man-made global warming/climate change/extreme weather/the climate crisis/etc., this recent column in the Globe and Mail by author Dan Gardner should be required reading.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opi...ey-to-fighting-climate-change-so-why-dont-we/
He's absolutely right about the only real option for reducing man-made greenhouse gases.
Forget about renewable energy and carbon pricing and the like. The answer is nuclear energy. Given the technology that exists today, massive investments in more nuclear power are the only way to produce meaningful reductions in man-made emissions.
The challenge, of course, is that so much of the "climate change" activism is led by environmental zealots rather than serious scientists.
Thus, none of the political leaders in Canada are talking about nuclear power in any serious way. Even worse, most of the politicians vying to be the next president of the United States haven't included nuclear power in their "climate change" plans, despite many claiming to believe in a "Green New Deal."
The reality is this: If nuclear power isn't central to their plans, then they're not serious about reducing man-made emissions.