Enviro Close-Up (ECU) published today (16 Sep 2024) a YouTube video titled 𝗘𝗖𝗨 𝟲𝟵𝟯 𝗠. 𝗩. 𝗥𝗔𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗔 𝗡𝗨𝗖𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗥 𝗜𝗦 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡, duration 29 minutes. Karl Grossman interviews Dr M.V. Ramana, Professor and Simons Chair in Disarmament, Global and Human Security and the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs at the University of British Columbia in Canada.
Dr M.V. Ramana says:
“𝘔𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘰𝘮 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘶𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘧𝘢𝘶𝘹 𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴, 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘶𝘹𝘶𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘶𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳. 𝘔𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢 𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘬𝘴. 𝘍𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘯𝘶𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘶𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘶𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥𝘴.”
https://youtu.be/npruUaSaUUE?t=99
Verso Books published on 30 Jul 2024 the book titled 𝘕𝘶𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘗𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦, by M.V. Ramana, 330 pages.
Overwhelming evidence/data indicates that nuclear technologies:
𝟭. 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝘀𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆 (likely mid-2040s at the earliest for any possible operational nuclear reactor(s) in Australia);
𝟮. 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 (almost double to six times the cost of ‘firmed’ renewables, per 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘊𝘰𝘴𝘵 2023-24, 𝘓𝘢𝘻𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘓𝘊𝘖𝘌+ 𝘷17);
𝟯. 𝗨𝘀𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴-𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺 𝗮 𝘀𝗼-𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 “𝗻𝘂𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲” (see the Energy Watch Group’s 2013 report titled 𝘍𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘕𝘶𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘍𝘶𝘦𝘭𝘴 – 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘖𝘶𝘵𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬, Figure 113: Historic and possible future development of uranium production and demand); and
𝟰. 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝘁𝗼𝘅𝗶𝗰 𝘄𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 (an intergenerational issue).
Emeritus Professor Ian Lowe's commentary was published in 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘗𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘳 on 10 Aug 2024 (edition 512) headlined 𝗗𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗼𝗻'𝘀 𝗻𝘂𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀. Ian Lowe says:
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𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢 𝘴𝘮𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯. 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘊𝘰𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘯𝘰 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘶𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦, 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘨𝘦𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 2015 𝘕𝘶𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘍𝘶𝘦𝘭 𝘊𝘺𝘤𝘭𝘦 𝘙𝘰𝘺𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘈𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘢, 𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘺𝘦-𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 $41 𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘗𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘋𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘰𝘯’𝘴 𝘯𝘶𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘦. 𝘕𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭, 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘦. 𝘈𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘢𝘭, 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦.
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Most, if not all ageing, increasingly unreliable and increasingly more expensive to run coal-fired generators will be closed by 2038. What would keep the 'lights on' in Australia while we wait 20+ years (NOT 10-12 years that the Coalition are promising) for any prospective nuclear generator units to become operational? It seems to me pro-nuclear ideologues never answer this inconvenient question. That's the conversation Australia needs to have.
@peterjackson5225 Says:
We need peter dutton
@SherylSchrantz Says:
I stand with Peter Dutton!!
@franktully3065 Says:
While I support nuclear energy, what are Dutton's chances of changing Howard government anti nuclear legislation?
This focus on nuclear also provides a useful distraction from Coalition's lack of opposition to "misinformation" laws and anti democratic WHO pandemic treaties and its lack of support for a real inquiry into government behaviour during COVID.
@footbru Says:
Littleproud, the irrelevant leader of a minor party which receives political power and salaries because of a deal made to keep the liberals in government.
@jennymills3147 Says:
GO!!! LNP. 👏 👏 👏
@DavidSmith-vx1gp Says:
Brand new coal fired power stations are needed but planet worshippers have drove investments away, we cant power whole nation with renewables so only option in future is nuclear.
@TonyStewart-q6e Says:
They have stated they are going to shutdown renewables in Qld. They take the country and they will takedown the federal renewables. They say nuclear and when it is two hard they will shut it down. Deniers because God would not do that. Or if he says I am going to cook the people it is God's judgement. These are conmen. T
@TonyStewart-q6e Says:
Two fraudsters make a bigger frawd.
@whatever9770 Says:
Dutton won’t be PM if he backs this speech control Act, being pushed thru parliament. He had better back off, if he wants any chance of winning. He has lost my vote.
@lexmc7432 Says:
Yeh I don’t care how the power is generated as long as prices start to come down, I’ll vote for clear leadership with a solid plan
@bretloyd8097 Says:
Coalition policy is not policy. . . .
@Genesis-007 Says:
Why? Pauline Hanson mentioned going nuclear a few years back, it's a bit late for Dutton to pretend to be all for nuclear just because there's an election on the way. VOTE ONE NATION 🇦🇺
@DominicPelleREAL Says:
*Larry Longprong* will never have a Primary School level education.
@larrylongprong5219 Says:
Dutton will never be PM.
@danielmaher964 Says:
Good to see a bit of leadership
@DilanR596 Says:
They keep saying renewables are cheaper and I love solar but we should 1 - 3 nuclear plants
@John-ul4hv Says:
Albo & Labor has put the whole of Australia under siege, with LNP just watching ready to take advantage of Australians when they get in power
@elenawalker3746 Says:
The current LP leader has an interesting past, is he being protected by the ALPs new NACC why hasn't he been investigated for the deals he did as Home Affairs Minister when he gave millions of grants to dodgy companies such as Paladin and Construct both had $2 shelf companies with no assets, revenue or staff, $1.8 billion worth of contracts on his watch as Home, nah their track record to date is another protection racket body for our corrupt politicians as they only jail whistle-blowers.
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