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Power generation is a 'risky' business

Even if we developed a working fusion reactor today, it would be a sticking plaster on the problem. You cannot have uncontrolled exploitation of Earth's resources indefinitely; and you will have with a continuing expanding world population! Our best source of energy is, always has been, and always will be (whilst the Earth is around), our Sun. We should be researching better ways of harnessing this clean source of power. In the meantime, better energy efficiency should be pursued to make better use of the resources we already have. The idea that you can continually rape the planet for it's resources ignores the huge resultant damage to the ecosystem - including all those who live on the planet. (Don't think that, just because it's not happening in your back garden, that it doesn't affect yo!)

16 May 2012

4:58 pm