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Can We Combat Climate Change Without Nuclear Power?

Posted on November 29, 2016 by

A colleague in Oklahoma writes: Thought you might find this Ted Talk on nuclear power interesting. It’s introduced as follows: Joe Lassiter is a deep thinker and straight talker focused on developing clean, secure and carbon-neutral supplies of reliable, low-cost …

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Nuclear Energy Still Needs To Deal with Public Fear

Posted on September 29, 2015 by

craigshields Posted in Nuclear

Timothy Maloney writes: Fear of nuclear radiation is a superstition – a belief maintained in the absence of valid evidence out of deference to perceived authority. Extraction of hydrocarbons cannot be stopped by political or social action. It can be …

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