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Author:  pcernie [ Fri Nov 15, 2013 4:34 pm ]
Post subject:  Japan scaling back plans to cut greenhouse gases
http://www.theguardian.com/global-devel ... ouse-gases
Author:  jonbwfc [ Fri Nov 15, 2013 5:02 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Japan scaling back plans to cut greenhouse gases
Not really a surprise - with the loss of Fukushima and (one assumes) the Japanese public unlikely to accept new nuclear reactors being built any time soon, the only way they can bridge the energy gap in anything like reasonable time is with fossil fuel power stations.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Fri Nov 15, 2013 5:54 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Japan scaling back plans to cut greenhouse gases
They are building windmills off Fukushima so that might help to some extent.
Author:  ProfessorF [ Fri Nov 15, 2013 8:12 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Japan scaling back plans to cut greenhouse gases
Isn't now the time to be investing in Thorium reactors which fail safe rather than exploding?
Author:  l3v1ck [ Fri Nov 15, 2013 8:18 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Japan scaling back plans to cut greenhouse gases
+1 for thorium
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Fri Nov 15, 2013 9:37 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Japan scaling back plans to cut greenhouse gases
l3v1ck wrote:
+1 for thorium

+1. It is the one technology that will get more support if the public are told the truth about the alternatives.
Author:  jonbwfc [ Fri Nov 15, 2013 9:53 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Japan scaling back plans to cut greenhouse gases
Amnesia10 wrote:
They are building windmills off Fukushima so that might help to some extent.

To replace four nuclear power stations? You'd need enough windmills to lift the country into the air.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Fri Nov 15, 2013 10:14 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Japan scaling back plans to cut greenhouse gases
jonbwfc wrote:
Amnesia10 wrote:
They are building windmills off Fukushima so that might help to some extent.

To replace four nuclear power stations? You'd need enough windmills to lift the country into the air.

I am pro renewables but we also need to cut energy use as well. Thorium would certainly help.
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