Nuclear power is the answer - Liberals

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Nuclear power is the answer - Liberals

By Cathy Alexander
August 19, 2008 06:31pm

THE Liberals have reignited the nuclear debate, with a frontbencher saying Australia must have nuclear power if it is to slash greenhouse gas emissions.

But the government has vehemently rejected the push and says people do not want nuclear power plants in their suburbs.

Liberal frontbencher Ian Macfarlane opened the latest round of the radioactive debate when he talked up "yellowcake'' in a speech.

"It's a black and white answer. Or should I say a black, green and yellow answer,'' he said in the speech, to be delivered in Brisbane tonight.

"Clean coal, renewables and yellowcake - we must include nuclear in our future baseload clean energy mix.''

Mr Macfarlane, who was resources minister in the Howard government, said it was an "inconvenient truth'' that only nuclear power could provide baseload electricity while cutting emissions.

He dismissed fears of a Chernobyl-type disaster, saying that "burying mere tonnes of radioactive waste in geological stable rock'' was low-risk.

In his speech to the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Mr Macfarlane said Australia should make full use of its generous uranium reserves."

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So here we go again..I think eventually Rudd will go down the Nuclear path..
Convenience, proven effectiveness and perhaps the cheapest option will most likely be the reasons.

Cost will win out over clean and green..

"Cost" is a very interesting word that the Fibs are telling everyone they don't understand.... whilst pretending to be superlative economic managers!

*** THE FIBS ARE IN THEIR DEATH THROES! ***

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It's an emerging technology, which will take decades to perfect (perhaps a century, who knows?). Wind and solar, can do their part, but are only scratching the surface, despite turbines being erected as fast as they possibly can already. Nuclear is a well known technology, that has been proven to be able to produce the power needed to actually start scrapping coal fired stations, rather than just keeping up with the increases in demand that is continuing.

You assume a lot... [tut tut tut!]

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It's an emerging technology, which will take decades to perfect (perhaps a century, who knows?). Wind and solar, can do their part, but are only scratching the surface, despite turbines being erected as fast as they possibly can already. Nuclear is a well known technology, that has been proven to be able to produce the power needed to actually start scrapping coal fired stations, rather than just keeping up with the increases in demand that is continuing.

This is true of most of the alternatives at present..to get them to a point where thay can actually takeover from coal etc..its going to take a long time...

Thats why I think Rudd will eventually have to go to Nuclear to meet his set targets.

I don't think so... those targets are far from impossibly high!

The Fibs have really cornered themselves by saying it's all impossible but it's only impossible if you hoarde the taxpayers money!

They believed they could win last years election and threw their eggs in to too few a basket with Nuclear Power/Waste as their unofficial mantra: they are political cactii!