WHEN a Green Guru goes for nuke power

If those who worship at the shrine of Gaia are susceptible to logic (any many doubt it) the fact that one of the founders of Greenpeace is now openly advocating a switch to nuclear power, should make them start thinking. Dr Patrick Moore was in Johannesburg this week and had some harsh truths to tell. Among them the following: "I find it logically inconsistent for people in the environmental movement who say that climate change threatens the very existence of our civilisation, and threatens to drive millions of species into extinction, and then they are opposed to one of the most important technologies that could bring about a resolution to that problem - replacing fossil fuels with nuclear energy," and… "People all around the world are watching this PBMR (pebble-bed nuclear reactor) research and development with anticipation, as the high temperature reactor being constructed here will have applications in industry and technology that the conventional light water reactors simply cannot do, as it will produce a higher temperature of steam and be capable of producing hydrogen directly. Because it is modular, it will also be suitable for a lot more applications than these large 1000-MW-plus reactors. It is going to be a very important technology for the future." Once again we can thank Engineering News for a full report on what Moore said. You will not find as full a report in any other media. I wonder why?