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Originally Posted by camaraderie
Osmund...a couple of points
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1. I am unaware of ANY studies showing actual damage to "fragile locations" from CO2 absorbtion by the ocean lowering the PH.... If you have some science to point to that say man made warming or CO2 uptake is responsible for damage...please point me in the right direction.
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Cam, I am embarassed. Only two days ago I saw a documentary covering precisely this - I believe it was BBC - but I'll have to get back to you. Where am I today, the best I could do would be Google :-)
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2. I completely disagree with your notions about cost and international competitiveness
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Perhaps you don't disagree. The thing is, I share your views on wind, solar and such - fine fields for development but hardly a major contribution in the near future. I don't argue for them. I see substantial gains being possible in the
reduction of energy use by numerous less exotic means.
I also like nuclear energy, for all its risks and dubious past (We live too close to Chernobyl to be entirely relaxed about it). On balance, it seems to be a more mature technology with greater scope for early improvement than the wind/solar sector.
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I entirely agree about sleazeballs. Ironically, the Obama administration appears to throw way more money at pie-in-the sky sectors -sorry, I mean "technologies of the future" and "historic investments" - than the countries that are normally bashed in these forums for their "socialist" ways. In my country we're struggling to get a few windmill parks established, with none-too generous state cooperation. I'd be glad to keep it that way for now.