Dr. Lovelock On the Future Role of Nuclear Energy

The Canadian Nuclear Association held its annual industry seminar in Ottawa this week, and Dr. James Lovelock, one of the fathers of the global environmental movement who shocked many of his former allies when he endorsed the widespread use of nuclear energy last Spring, addressed the event via videotape (Windows Media Player required). Here's an excerpt:

Now that we have made the Earth sick, it will not be cured by alternative green remedies, like wind turbines and bio fuels alone. This is why I recommend instead the appropriate medicine of nuclear energy as part of a sensible portfolio of energy sources.

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