{"id":151323,"date":"2021-07-17T11:49:42","date_gmt":"2021-07-17T09:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=151323"},"modified":"2021-07-17T11:49:44","modified_gmt":"2021-07-17T09:49:44","slug":"anti-nuke-activists-afraid-of-safe-reliable-affordable-nuclear-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=151323","title":{"rendered":"Anti-Nuke Activists Afraid of Safe, Reliable &#038; Affordable Nuclear Power"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/0turbine-fire43.jpeg?resize=723%2C542&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-151324\" width=\"723\" height=\"542\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you want people to toe the line, make them afraid. It\u2019s worked a treat for the anti-economic progress crowd in their campaign against nuclear power. It\u2019s the same insidious force that has millions of Australians constantly locked down, cowering under their quilts, thanks to the threat of a virus that\u2019s on a par with the common cold for lethality in a country with first world and first-rate hospitals and healthcare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Likewise with nuclear power. Long on emotion and short on evidence, the anti-nuke activist has been working up a frenzy of baseless fear for generations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As Michael Shellenberger outlines in this interview with Chris Kenny, it\u2019s time to engage our critical faculties and stop listening to those who would merrily deprive us all of safe, reliable and affordable nuclear power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"><strong>There are \u2018fear campaigns\u2019 over nuclear energy<\/strong><br>Sky News<br>Chris Kenny and Michael Shellenberger<br>28 June 2021<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Environmental policy expert Michael Shellenberger is pushing for a focus on nuclear energy despite widespread \u201cfearmongering\u201d surrounding the topic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mr Shellenberger told Sky News the \u201corganised fear campaigns\u201d over nuclear energy have been seen \u201cfor 60 years\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThese are campaigns that are aimed at making people afraid. They\u2019ve been doing that for 60 years because of associations during with the Cold War,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt is also the case that countries like Japan, South Korea, have built nuclear power plants because it does add to national security.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said nuclear power plants prove beneficial as they provide lower costs and are more reliable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn places that shut down in nuclear plants, we see electricity prices rise significantly, we see reliability go down to such an extent that we\u2019re actually having blackouts in California.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"723\" height=\"407\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p29pdk-VeGM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Transcript<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Chris Kenny:&nbsp;<\/strong>Nuclear energy is back on the agenda in this country. We\u2019ve talked about it quite a bit on this program over the past year or so, and we\u2019re going to continue to do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If people want to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and just about every country in the world says it\u2019s committed to that goal. Well, if you want to do that and still have reliable power, then nuclear is an obvious answer, but too many environmentalists object to nuclear, don\u2019t they? Gives their game away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anyway, the reason the issue is being elevated in Australia is because some of the people who have been promoting nuclear power have suddenly been promoted themselves into positions of power and influence. Here is Barnaby Joyce, not long back on this program when he was a humble backbencher and former Nationals leader. If we were to talk to an expert about it tomorrow, about the possibility of nuclear energy actually filling that gap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Barnaby Joyce:&nbsp;<\/strong>I\u2019m all for that. Good stuff. Let\u2019s do it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Chris Kenny:&nbsp;<\/strong>Well, now Joyce is once more Nationals leader and deputy prime minister. And he\u2019s not backing away from promoting a nuclear industry. In an interview with James Campbell and the News Corp Sunday papers, Joyce said he\u2019d like to get nuclear power going. And he said, \u201cThat would be an incredible attribute for our nation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joyce has also elevated former deputy Nationals leader, Senator Bridget McKenzie, back into cabinet. And she too has backed a nuclear industry for this country. I spoke about the path forward with renowned environmentalist, Michael Shellenberger. He\u2019s a nuclear advocate and author of Apocalypse Never, Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us all. Michael Shellenberger joined me from the US earlier. And I started by asking him how a country like Australia could overcome partisan opposition to nuclear energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Michael Shellenberger:&nbsp;<\/strong>Well, I think the most important thing that public needs to know is that nuclear has a lot of Cold War associations, but we know from 60 years of operation, that it is the safest way to make reliable electricity. It\u2019s also very important for countries\u2019 energy independence for the reliable service of electricity as well low cost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And it\u2019s the way to avoid picking this or that project to get a skewed view, you can look at two countries right next to each other, France and Germany. France spends about half as much for electricity that produces one 10th of the air pollution and carbon emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, we see in places that shut down their nuclear plants, we see electricity prices rise significantly. We see reliability go down to such an extent that we\u2019re actually having blackouts in California. We didn\u2019t have enough nuclear power in Texas, and they suffered from very serious blackouts during a cold snap earlier this year. So, I think the case for nuclear is really on economic, national security and environmental grounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Chris Kenny:&nbsp;<\/strong>Yeah, so those arguments are very rational and in the end, the facts will win out. That is, as you say, more secure energy supplies. The cost benefits, and of course, reducing emissions. But when you have a partisan political divide over nuclear, there\u2019s a lot of fear involved as well. How do you combat the scare campaigns that are directed against nuclear energy? And in particular, I suppose, the disposal of nuclear waste?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Michael Shellenberger:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong>Well, I think the first step is to say what you just said, which is that these are organised fear campaigns. These are campaigns that are aimed at making people afraid. They\u2019ve been doing that for 60 years because of associations during the Cold War with national weapons, the national shield. It\u2019s a totally separate set of issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is also the case that countries like Japan, South Korea have built nuclear power plants because it does add to national security. But fundamentally, we have been dealing with fear mongering for the last 60 years. It\u2019s been motivated by people who want to make energy more expensive, who want to make it more scarce and less reliable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is the so-called environmentalist in the tradition of Malthus, the British thinker who wanted to make energy supplies scarcer. And from modern day Malthusians who want to see energy be expensive. So I think it\u2019s important to point out that the motivations there, people are not being completely transparent or honest about their motivation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Chris Kenny:&nbsp;<\/strong>I just though the point here is in Australia because we haven\u2019t had a nuclear industry. One of the things that the opponents will point to is that countries like the United States and Japan that have had significant amounts of nuclear energy, have actually been mothballing some of it. Is the nuclear industry actually on the wane, rather than building up as a low emissions or zero emissions power source?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Michael Shellenberger:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong>Yeah. I mean, there\u2019s been a war on nuclear energy for 60 years. And we got about 20% of our electricity from nuclear in the United States. There have been efforts to shut down nuclear power plants before they should be shut down in the United States, as well as in Europe and other countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the United States, we see what happens when you shut down a nuclear plant in New York, which is what happened earlier this year. It\u2019s replaced almost entirely by fossil fuels. Carbon emissions go up, which just goes to prove that the people who oppose nuclear power are not concerned about climate change. Their fundamental concern is actually to make energy, scarce and expensive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So I think it\u2019s important to understand that context. That the war on nuclear was always motivated by really anti-prosperity, anti-development, anti-civilization concerns. And that\u2019s been the reason that they\u2019ve been opposed to nuclear power for so long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Chris Kenny:&nbsp;<\/strong>Just to bring it back to Australia again, where of course, uranium is a major export, but there\u2019s no domestic nuclear power industry. Because Australia is geologically and politically stable rather than create a fear campaign about nuclear waste, is there an economic opportunity for Australia?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Michael Shellenberger:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong>Oh yeah. I mean, the funny thing is nuclear waste has never hurt anybody, never should hurt anybody. What we refer to when we talk about high level nuclear waste are just the used fuel rods. They\u2019re just encased in steel and cement. The fears around them are just displacement. It\u2019s just an irrational fear that comes from fears of nuclear weapons, has nothing whatsoever to do with these fuel rods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All of the used nuclear waste in the United States can fit on a single football field, stacked 50 feet high. So if Australia can be paid to take other countries\u2019 used fuel rods, that\u2019s a huge bargain for Australia. It\u2019s a no brainer. They don\u2019t take up hardly any space at all. You are geologically stable. You\u2019re part of the Western Alliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And so, I would think that Australia would be a very natural place to have a big nuclear build out. You\u2019ve done so much solar, and you\u2019ve seen that it\u2019s caused an increase in electricity prices. It\u2019s challenged the electricity grid in terms of its own resiliency. And how much more Chinese solar panels does Australia want to import? Why not have your workers engaged in a very high skill, high wage, high technology industry?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Australia is one of the last Western countries to resist building nuclear power plants. I think it\u2019s high time that it happened. It seems like there\u2019s been enough time between Fukushima and now over 10 years now, for some of the hysterical overreaction that occurred to that accident to calm down. We\u2019ve got these great new plants. They have backup cooling systems. They are operating extremely well, very well designed. Nothing at all like the plants that have had trouble in the past. So, I think it\u2019s a no brainer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I also think it\u2019s important for Australia\u2019s national security. You\u2019ve got a really menacing China there that keeps wanting to take over islands that belonged to Philippines and to Japan. We know that countries that have nuclear power are considered stronger. They\u2019re just a more resilient country. They can provide their own power in multiple situations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It provides an additional national security benefit. So I think that there\u2019s a lot of reasons why Australians and others in that region would be looking to nuclear power right now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Chris Kenny:&nbsp;<\/strong>Michael Shellenberger, thanks again for joining us. These are the debates that we\u2019re starting to have in this country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Michael Shellenberger:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong>I\u2019m so glad to hear it. It\u2019s refreshing and it\u2019s long overdue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Chris Kenny:\u00a0<\/strong>Fascinating stuff, isn\u2019t it? We\u2019ll keep on that case. There\u2019s going to be a fair bit happening when it comes to federal politics and that nuclear debate in coming months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.skynews.com.au\/opinion\/chris-kenny\/there-are-fear-campaigns-over-nuclear-energy\/video\/e6522a3239da0c583b581e9eb88997e0\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>Sky News<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/0uae-nuclear-1.jpg?resize=606%2C364&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-151326\" width=\"606\" height=\"364\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">via<strong><em><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"> STOP THESE THINGS<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ift.tt\/3xI5WlU\">https:\/\/ift.tt\/3xI5WlU<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">July 17, 2021&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you want people to toe the line, make them afraid. It\u2019s worked a treat for the anti-economic progress crowd in their campaign against nuclear power. It\u2019s the same insidious force that has millions of Australians constantly locked down, cowering under their quilts, thanks to the threat of a virus that\u2019s on a par with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-151323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","has-post-thumbnail","fallback-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-DmH","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":218755,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=218755","url_meta":{"origin":151323,"position":0},"title":"\u201cFueling\u201d a counter-revolution in Europe: Can it happen here?","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"13\/09\/2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Shades of Emanuel Macron! 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