I see no need for nuclear power plants on Earth when our land is so
abundantly endowed with energy from the one we call The Sun.

It's all completely free, there are no delivery charges, and there's an
overwhelming amount of it.

Proper utilisation of this awesome resource is all that Man has to do.

What concerns me is the rapid pace of development technology wherein
what's sensible technology today is outdated tomorrow.

I have no answer to that dilemma except perhaps to suggest that what
becomes outdated here gets packed up and distributed to the poorer
countries as part of our international aid program.

This would be the right thing to do.




--- In ClimateChangeAction@..., Graeme Dunstan
<graemed01@...> wrote:
>
> Compromise with nukes is neither sexy, powerful nor substantial.
> What a pathetic figure Garrett presents. Hollow man.
>
> Thanks for the post.
> Graeme Dunstan
> Peacebus.com
>
> On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 11:57 PM, Peter Bright hobart_elf@...wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >
> > July 17, 2009 02:00am
> >
> > Green groups and their supporters have never forgiven Peter Garrett
for
> > defecting to Labor.
> > IT is not easy being green in the Labor Party, as former leader Mark
> > Latham discovered when timber workers and unionists turned against
him
> > in the 2004 election campaign.
> >
> > Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett is finding it just as
tough.
> >
> > His decision to approve a new Australian uranium mine this week has
> > incurred the wrath not of the Labor rank and file but the
anti-nuclear
> > and conservation movements he once championed.
> >
> > Along with an avalanche of outrage and ridicule from his former
friends
> > and colleagues has come plenty of baiting from leading members of
the
> > Liberal Opposition, who agree with his decision but cannot resist
> > another cheap shot.
> >
> > Peter Garrett is an obvious target. The bald, gentle giant stands
out
> > from the crowd of ex-lawyers, farmers, union officials, political
> > staffers, bureaucrats and business types who make up the bulk of
> > Parliament.
> >
> > It is hard not to contrast Mr Garrett, the minister in a dapper suit
and
> > tie, with his rock star past as lead singer of the band Midnight
Oil,
> > famously belting out hits with a social conscience. Then there is
his
> > very public record of passionate opposition to uranium mining and
the
> > idealism of a man who helped found the Nuclear Disarmament Party and
was
> > head of the Australian Conservation Foundation.
> >
> > Green groups and their supporters have never forgiven him for
defecting
> > to Labor. He has been jeered, jostled and taunted by activists, had
> > woodchips poured over his shoulder when walking through Hobart and
been
> > mocked without mercy. He has endured it all with dignity and good
> > humour, refusing to lose his temper in the face of the most
provocative
> > insults.
> >
> > It is very easy for lobbyists, activists and music industry figures
to
> > criticise Peter Garrett but he is prepared to wear their righteous
> > indignation.
> >
> > John Schumann, lead singer of the band Redgum, said: "you can't help
> > wonder why he'd pursue a position that would inevitably compromise
> > long-held and loudly espoused position".
> >
> > Yet politics does involve compromise, at least when in government.
> > Government without compromise is a very dangerous thing.
> >
> > Mr Garrett could have persisted with his career in green politics
and
> > perhaps won a seat in the Senate but he would still be lobbying from
> > outside government.
> >
> > Instead he chose a more difficult path. He joined the Labor Party to
> > have a chance of being in power.
> >
> > That involves hard choices, respecting majority votes and achieving
what
> > is possible in the circumstances, with all the compromises that
entails.
> > All politicians in positions of power face these dilemmas and they
get
> > very little thanks for it.
> >
> > He argued against an expansion of uranium mining at the Labor Party
> > conference and lost. He accepted the vote, just as he accepts the
> > decisions of Cabinet where, no doubt, he puts his case with passion.
> >
> > For his sake, hopefully he is winning enough battles and making
enough
> > useful decisions to believe he is making a difference.
> >
> > It is not as sexy as singing but it is more substantial.
> >
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> >
> >
> >
>
>
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