The Party Line – October 7, 2011: Yes We C.A.N.? |
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| By: Gregg Levine Friday October 7, 2011 12:58 pm | |
No long post today–I explain in the video–just some pix (for context, again, watch the video above).
Gather 'round: The crowd at the New York C.A.N. rally (photo: G Levine)
Uh, big mistake.... (photo: G Levine)
Kevin Kamps of Beyond Nuclear (photo: G Levine)
Dr. Helen Caldicott (photo: G Levine)
Harvey Wasserman in the pouring rain (photo: G Levine)
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I realize I forgot to say that it was time for the anti-nuke movement to, uh, think different.
Keep up the good work.
Indeed, Reaching “CRITICAL MASS” against the NUKING FUTS!
There is a process here.
* Increase the installed base of renewable energy. Upgrade the grid as needed to support it.
* Aggressive conservation at all levels to minimize the need for new generating capacity.
* Apply political pressure to assure that none of the new capacity is nuclear or coal. Minimize natural gas. No expansion of existing plants.
* Address the issue of grid-scale energy storage.
* Reach the point where all new generating capacity is renewables.
At that point you’ve contained the problem.
* Continue to accelerate the installation of renewable generation capacity. Use it to retire the worst plants in priority order.
* You have a tradeoff of retiring existing plants versus adding new demands to the grid for transportation. Retiring the automotive and regional air fleets are nearly as important as retiring power plants.
Along with all that
* Suitable import tariffs (free trade is for suckers) to assume that renewable energy devices are made in the US.
* Support for unionisation of workers at all levels of green energy infrastructure.
* Health, safety, and environmental standards for the green energy economy.
Oh, and I really question whether there is any private-sector role in power generation or distribution. It’s yet another on a long list of things better done by government. This total restructuring of our energy infrastructure is a great opportunity to wrest this vital function from the hands of people who don’t give a damn about society.
Good ideas, all.
Thanks!
Thanks!
Thank you for your valiant efforts and this informative report.
This event may not have been as effective as one would like, to communicate to the broader public the urgency of the fight to discontinue the use of nukes, but apparently it was useful. The more of these, the better. I have heard Helen Caldicott speak at length, and she’s an amazing dynamo.
BTW now you know why the venerable news reporters wrote their notes in pencil (remember how in the old movies they licked the lead tips before writing?).
I’m in full agreement on Macs, bless Steve Jobs (and Woz and all the other fine people behind Apple).