Renewable power not nuclear power

Australia is in the grips of a revitalised Nuclear energy debate. If only we would spend as much political, intellectual and media energy on encouraging renewable energy sources we might make progress toward a sustainable future.

"The nuclear power debate in not only about economics but whether Australians want a nuclear power plant in their backyard or solar power on their roofs and wind turbines on the hills." Democrats Leader Senator Lyn Allison said today.

The Australian Democrats have long been supporters of renewable energies, and the idea of poluting the world with more nuclear waste that will be around for centuries to come, seems somehow obsene.

It is a pitty that most people might see that we are forced to accept nuclear power now as other carbon fuels run out. It's not too late to look to bio-fules, wind, solar and so on, as Lyn suggests.

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