tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5948976019240936827.post5972241637218541438..comments2023-09-13T06:41:50.786-07:00Comments on Global Warming and Nuclear Energy: Lobbyists, Cynicism, and Energy PolicyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5948976019240936827.post-37604497622721983562010-11-09T16:31:07.524-08:002010-11-09T16:31:07.524-08:00Anonymous, thanks for taking the trouble to commen...Anonymous, thanks for taking the trouble to comment.<br /><br />I can't imagine a more fruitless solution than carbon sequestration. Any location would have to be tested and the testing would likely take decades. Prospects of success at any location are poor, so the world will spend centuries testing prospective locations, until all the fossil fuels are used up, at which time alternatives will have to be found anyway.<br /><br />China and India do have other choices, and there is plenty we can do. At some point both those countries, like the rest of the world, will realize that the externalized costs of burning fossil fuels makes them uncompetitive.<br /><br />At this point, they already realize that fossil fuels won't be adequate and also have the additional problem of making them depend on other countries for energy. They have sufficient incentive to develop non-fossil sources and at some point will be able to expand those sources to displace fossil fuels.<br /><br />All of this is true without considering the cost of climate change. When that is factored in, they will find the economics of decarbonization irresistible.<br /><br />I don't agree with your conclusion, but thanks for your thoughtful comment.Red Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17747325685399501190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5948976019240936827.post-4160596852540502622010-11-09T13:21:40.149-08:002010-11-09T13:21:40.149-08:00I, for one, welcome his attitude, since there is n...I, for one, welcome his attitude, since there is nothing whatsoever we can do about global warming. Nothing. Zip. Nada. The carbon dioxide is going into the air, and there is nothing we can do to stop it.<br /><br />This is because most of the world's carbon (oil, coal, and gas) is controlled by nasty people who have no other possible source of income. They will sell. Even if the U.S. and Europe don't buy, China and India will. They have no choice if they want to feed their enormous populations. <br /><br />So unless we intend to conquer and destroy 3/4 of the world, or find a way to confine them to low growth/low carbon societies, we need to learn to live with the consequences. In fact our best bet is to spend our limited resources on figuring out how to sequester carbon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5948976019240936827.post-5801551853949013202009-08-26T07:57:06.838-07:002009-08-26T07:57:06.838-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com