{"id":1284,"date":"2005-06-15T18:59:00","date_gmt":"2005-06-15T18:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sustainablog.greenoptions.com\/2005\/06\/15\/nuclear-power-not-the-way-says-greenpeace\/"},"modified":"2005-06-15T18:59:00","modified_gmt":"2005-06-15T18:59:00","slug":"nuclear-power-not-the-way-says-greenpeace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/nuclear-power-not-the-way-says-greenpeace\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuclear Power Not the Way, Says Greenpeace"},"content":{"rendered":"
The folks over at NEINuclearNotes<\/a> like to throw out Dr. Patrick Moore, a co-founder of Greenpeace, as one of their “environmental converts” to nuclear energy. Turns out the current head of Greenpeace Gerd Leipold isn’t buying Dr. Moore’s schtick, though,<\/a> as demonstrated in a speech in Australia. Leipold also mentioned something that tends to get lost in the current debate: <\/p>\n “If Australia had the energy efficiency that Japan has, we wouldn’t even be talking about nuclear energy,” he said.<\/p>\n “Our research shows that every $1 spent on energy efficiency is seven times more effective in cutting carbon than nuclear power.” <\/p><\/blockquote>\n The more I research, the more I conclude also that Dr. Moore has gone over to the Dark Side. Here’s SourceWatch’s profile of him<\/a>.<\/p>\n Via Eco-Portal<\/a>.<\/p>\n UPDATE: Tim at The Future is Green has posted some interesting information on “peak uranium.”<\/a><\/p>\n Technorati tags: nuclear power<\/a>, energy efficiency<\/a><\/p>\n