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Climate change expert calls for nuclear power 'binge' to avert global warming

The Guardian by Terry Macalister | Sep. 10, 2012 (News Report)

Peter Wadhams, professor of ocean physics at Cambridge University, warns Co 2 levels are rising at a faster than exponential rate A leading British academic has called for accelerated research into futuristic geo-engineering and a worldwide nuclear power station "binge" to avoid runaway global warming. Full Story »

Posted by Pamela Hogle - via Google News (Climate Change), NewsRack (Energy)

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Subjects: World, Sci/Tech
Topics: Environment, Global Warming, India, Energy, Oil and Gas, Climate Change
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Posted by: Posted by Pamela Hogle - Sep 10, 2012 - 12:08 AM PDT
Reviewed by: Dwight Rousu (review)
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Edited by: Pamela Hogle - Sep 11, 2012 - 6:54 AM PDT
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 by Dwight Rousu - Sep. 13, 2012

Professor Wadhams correctly frames the climate change problem, but seems to ignore all the risks and costs of nuclear power plants. A mixture of gold and BS in this article.

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