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Proof emerges of renewable energy's link to Shell Petroleum
For years we've had the nuclear acolytes telling us that support for renewable energy is really just a diversion pushed by fossil fuel companies in order to kill off their true competition - nuclear power.
Sample:
...One might even characterize such adamant wind promoters like yourself as dupes of the fossil fuel industry, distracted by (fossil-fueled) fantasy rather than fighting for actual reductions in energy use. You would appear to support Dick Cheney that our way of life is nonnegotiable.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/112754870#post37
It is a self-evident fact that the traditional energy establishment is best served by maintaining the status quo and that the inclusion of nuclear as part of that mix serves to preserve the system as it presently exists. Small nuclear reactors are particularly favored by those who see development of tar sands as a priority because of the extremely high energy costs associated with their extraction.
Renewable energy requires a complete and total rethinking of how we get, deliver and use energy; with emphasis on the words 'complete and total'. The people involved in the development of renewable energy know that the shift to this new system is recognized as an existential threat to the entrenched energy interests.
So you be the judge, is the ExShell boss just playing a Shell game, or is his endorsement of nuclear and his call for defunding support for renewables genuine?
Ex-Shell boss issues nuclear call
Pia Akerman The Australian
OCT 07, 2013 12:00AM
AUSTRALIAN policymakers need to keep nuclear power on the table to meet future energy needs, according to a former Shell Oil president who has called for an end to "kneejerk policy reactions" on energy issues.
John Hofmeister, who led the American arm of the global petrochemical giant Shell between 2005 and 2008, also urged the Abbott government to reconsider stripping public funding from clean energy development.
Mr Hofmeister said new processes of producing nuclear energy from thorium instead of uranium meant nuclear power should not be ruled out.
"The days of nuclear power based upon uranium-based fission are coming to a close because the fear of nuclear proliferation, the reality of nuclear waste and the difficulty of managing it have proven too difficult over time," he told The Australian.
"But that doesn't prevent us from going in a new nuclear direction...
Pia Akerman The Australian
OCT 07, 2013 12:00AM
AUSTRALIAN policymakers need to keep nuclear power on the table to meet future energy needs, according to a former Shell Oil president who has called for an end to "kneejerk policy reactions" on energy issues.
John Hofmeister, who led the American arm of the global petrochemical giant Shell between 2005 and 2008, also urged the Abbott government to reconsider stripping public funding from clean energy development.
Mr Hofmeister said new processes of producing nuclear energy from thorium instead of uranium meant nuclear power should not be ruled out.
"The days of nuclear power based upon uranium-based fission are coming to a close because the fear of nuclear proliferation, the reality of nuclear waste and the difficulty of managing it have proven too difficult over time," he told The Australian.
"But that doesn't prevent us from going in a new nuclear direction...
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/policy/ex-shell-boss-issues-nuclear-call/story-e6frg6xf-1226733858032
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