In our atmosphere today,In the Earth’s
atmosphere, the warming effect of “greenhouse gases” is an
undisputed phenomenon. Without it the
globe would be covered in ice. For
thousand of years, a fairly constant level
of greenhouse gases created the
moderate environment in which civilization
evolved. Over one third of human
induced greenhouse gases come from the
burning of fossil fuel to generate
electricity, run factories, power vehicles
and heat homes. In the next 50 years,
the global population will use more energy
than the total consumed in all
previous history. Humanity faces a future
of radical change- either in the way we
produce energy or in the health of our
planet. Fossil resources- coal, oil and
natural gas- are being consumed so fast as
to be largely exhausted during the
21st Century. Nuclear Power Plants do not emit
greenhouse gases. New reactor design,
radiation safety and transportation and
improved, more efficient mining, is placing
nuclear energy back in the scene.
GLOBAL POPULATION GROWING FAST!!
We live in a world that is just beginning
to consume energy; China and India are
wining to Europe and America in the race
of for “per capita” energy consumption.
Of today’s 6 and a half billion people,
they represent about one third of the global
population. In the next 50 years – as
world population expands to 9 billions
today’s vast unmet human needs could multiply
severely. According to studies
and projections made by International
Organizations, humanity will consume
more energy than any record in previous
history. Economic development is
imperative not only to alleviate human
misery but also to create conditions
necessary to stabilize global population.
In much of the developing world a
surging drive to meet these needs is
generating an enormous rise in the use of
energy. By 2050, global energy consumption
will double.
Humanity cannot go backwards. A burgeoning
world population will require vast
amount of energy to provide fresh water,
energize factories, homes and
transportation and support infrastructures
for nutrition, education and health care.
Meeting these needs will require energy
from “all sources”. But the world’s
energy “mix” must quickly evolve- away
from indiscriminate use of fossil fuel.
Reducing consumption of fossil fuel will
preserve the environment- and
irreplaceable resources- for future
generations. Conceivably, tomorrow’s megacities
could function with few direct emissions-
by using electricity, electrically
charged batteries and fuel cells using
electrically hydrogen. But electricity is only
a way of distributing energy. The key is to generate vastly expanded
supplies of
electricity cleanly.
Nuclear power- like wind, hydro and solar
energy- can generate electricity with
no carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gas
emissions. The critical difference is
that Nuclear Energy is the only option to
produce vastly expanded supplies of
clean electricity on a global scale. Far
from being competitors, nuclear power and
new renewables’ are urgently needed as
partners if the world’s immense clean
energy needs are to be met. Keep in mind
that the sun not always shines and
that wind not always blows.
Electricity is of paramount importance for
economic development. Industries and
all world communities require electricity
for daily needs. On the other hand,
hydroelectric energy requires of the
flooding of vast extensions of land and the
displacement of large amount of people;
the best places are already taken.
These hydroelectric also depend on climate
changes: a couple of years of
drought and the energetic matrix based on
water would be unbalanced.
START ON NUCLEAR ENERGY NOW TO SAVE
EARTH!!
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