Robert Suiter

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  Robert commented on the article | about 3 years ago

  The Daily Climate: Obama Moves Towards a 'Green New Deal'

  Let's ensure we are smart about implementing a new, green economy! The nuclear and coal industry will do their very best to create false impressions and promises, promoting their causes and trying to take advantage.
  
  Once a power plant is built - it will be there for the next 40-60 years to come. We've seen it before, when operators of nuclear power plants lobbied against changes for greener alternatives, calling it "unfair" - because it would hurt their large investment!
  
  I'm all for doing some research of "clean coal" - but let's face it, we don't know whether it will ever be feasible (beyond small scale demonstrations). If (and that's a big if) it turns out to be indeed save and practical, we shall implement it in the future. But in the meantime let's scale up and widely roll out things we know to work:
  - conservation (residential/commercial buildings, cars)
  - sustainable generation: wind, concentrated solar, photovoltaic, ...