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+Nuclear power is key to avoiding fossils—it’s the most efficient and effective means of mass energy production. |
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+Luke 13 (Max Luke, Graduate from McGill University, Canada, where he completed a B.Sc. in Environmental Science with minors in Economics and Biology, German Energiewende Successful, But We Still Need Nuclear Energy, 7-9-13, http://theenergycollective.com/maxluke/246801/german-energiewende-successful-we-still-need-nuclear) |
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+But the success of Germany’s Energiewende at lowering costs and promoting innovation does not prove |
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+AND |
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+technically optimal replacement for large fossil-fueled power stations like coal plants. |
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+It is simply not possible to transition to renewables, much less instantly. Even if we could, they are horrible for the ecosystem. |
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+Gattuso ‘9 (Dana Joel Gattuso is a senior fellow in environmental policy at The National Center for Public Policy Research. September 2009 “Renewable Energy: Truth and Consequences” |
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+“As the U.S. Senate takes up climate change legislation, following |
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+AND |
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+wind, and biofuels. Renewable energy is a lose-lose proposition. |
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+And, empirics flow neg—even if we can use renewables, we simply won’t, Japan proves. |
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+David Ropeik 16 (instructor in the Environmental Studies Program of the Harvard Extension School, a consultant in risk communication, and author of How Risky Is It, Really? Why Our Fears Don’t Always Match the Facts.) , The dangers of radiophobia, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 2016 |
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+Most directly, it sickens and fossil fuels kills by increasing air pollution |
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+AND |
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+power will sicken or kill thousands of people if it hasn’t already. |
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+Global warming is real and causes extinction. |
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+Don Flournoy 12, Citing Feng Hsu, PhD NASA Scientist @ the Goddard Space Flight Center and Don is a PhD and MA from UT, former Dean of the University College @ Ohio University, former Associate Dean at SUNY and Case Institute of Technology, Former Manager for University/Industry Experiments for the NASA ACTS Satellite, currently Professor of Telecommunications @ Scripps College of Communications, Ohio University, “Solar Power Satellites,” January 2012, Springer Briefs in Space Development, p. 10-11 |
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+In the Online Journal of Space Communication , Dr. Feng Hsu, a NASA |
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+AND |
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+simply too high for us to take any chances” (Hsu 2010 ). |