Friday 25 November 2011

Ever expanding vicious cycle / infinite loop







Use no 33

EVER EXPANDING INFINITE LOOP OR VICIOUS CIRCLE


There's a hole in DECC's Bucket / Energy Policy

The nukes are too hot, dear Liza, dear Liza, the nukes are too hot, dear
Liza, too hot.

Then cool them, dear Hendry, dear Hendry, dear Hendry, then cool them dear
Hendry, dear Hendry, cool them.

With what shall I cool them, dear Liza, dear Liza, with what shall I
cool them, dear Liza, with what?

With water, dear Hendry, dear Hendry, dear Hendry, with water dear
Hendry, dear Hendry, cool them.

Where should I get it, dear Liza, dear Liza, where should I get it, dear
Liza, from where?

From the rivers, dear Hendry, dear Hendry , dear Hendry, from the
rivers, dear Hendry, dear Hendry, from there.

The rivers are empty, dear Liza, dear Liza, the rivers are empty, dear
Liza, empty.

Use the sea then, dear Hendry, dear Hendry , dear Hendry, use the sea
then dear Hendry, dear Hendry, the sea.

The sea is too salty, dear Liza, dear Liza, the sea is too salty, dear
Liza, too salty.

Then desalinate it, dear Hendry, dear Hendry, dear Hendry, desalinate
it, dear Hendry, desalinate it.

But how can I do that, dear Liza, dear Liza, but how can I do that, dear
Liza, but how?

Build a plant, dear Hendry, dear Hendry, dear Hendry, build a plant,
dear Hendry, a plant.

With what shall I power it, dear Liza, dear Liza, with what shall I
power it, dear Liza, with what?

With nukes, dear Hendry, dear Hendry, dear Hendry, with nukes, dear
Hendry, with nukes.

But the nukes are too hot, dear Liza, dear Liza, the nukes are too hot,
dear Liza, too hot.

[repeat ad infinitum for the next million years]

Nuclear Hole in DECC's Bucket - by Dr Helen Wallace


MORE INFO:

FRESHWATER USE - SELLAFIELD
http://mariannewildart.wordpress.com/2011/11/18/why-has-the-wettest-place-in-england-not-got-enough-freshwater/

ENVIRONMENT AGENCY PROPOSE A SOLUTION TO DECC's POLICY PROBLEM: DESALINATION PLANT

http://mariannewildart.wordpress.com/2011/11/21/desalination-plant/


NUCLEAR ROULETTE
When it comes to producing electricity,nuclear is an extravagantly water-wasting technology. A
nuclear power station requires between 20 to 83 percent more water than any other kind of power
plant. Even Westinghouse’s “Generation III”AP1000 needs to consume as much as 750,000 gallons per minute to operate safely
http://www.ifg.org/pdf/Nuclear_Roulette_book.pdf

Thursday 10 November 2011

Border Control Harassment of Chernobyl Children's Charities




Use No 32

If you want new nuclear build the last thing you need is pesky charities bringing children over from Chernobyl. This reminds the carefully groomed UK that nuclear power leads to accident and incident.

The UK Border Agency is stepping up harassment of Chernobyl Children's charities - bizarre given the recent news stories about the failings of Border Control. Radiation Free Lakeland have written to Tim Farron MP to ask that this tactic of harassment is stopped.

At the conference of the European Chernobyl Network in Germany at the weekend, attendees were horrified to hear about the treatment of charities bringing children over from Chernobyl.
Most speakers stated the reason was the UK Government's strong pro-nuclear
stance: Chernobyl children and the snowballing effects of radiation through the generations are not a good advertisement for the development of nuclear power.

http://www.chernobyl-children.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Harrassment-of-Chernobyl-Charities-by-UKBA1.pdf

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/nov/07/border-control-row-gulf-theresa-may

Monday 7 November 2011

Dumping Democracy


http://www.worldscibooks.com/environsci/7895.html


Use No 31

DUMPING DEMOCRACY


Extract from the excellent, myth busting book:
Contesting the future of nuclear power
Benjamin K Sovacool, World Scientific, 2011.

"In one of its most intractable problems, that of nuclear waste, the
industry has outright manipulated data and limited true public participation
to get its way. Some studies of consumer attitudes and public
opinions have shown that public groups will support nuclear power
expansion if assurances of safe waste disposal are provided, but will not
if the waste problem is not resolved.(113) Thus, nuclear power proponents - trade
groups, vendors, and utilities - have shifted from a technical
discourse, which is full of uncertainty, to a public discourse of inclusive
and respectful public consultation about siting as well as criterions of
acceptability and safety. Yet, one study of such efforts in Canada found
that they do not involve true consultation or participation, whereby
citizens have the chance to influence eventual decisions, and are instead
public relations exercises used to reinvent the industry.(114) Nuclear
groups employ public consultation sessions to (1) demonstrate consent
and approval when they do get it, or (2) construct the public as having
fragmented values and opinions that will never be overcome when they
do not get it, telling regulators they should ultimately defer to the
nuclear industry. This situation does not bode well for democracy, the
study concluded, as the public is co-opted either way. Public consultation
is converted from a means to inform public policy into an end
justifying nuclear expansion".

113 See Frans Berkhout, Radioactive Waste: Politics and Technology (London:
Routledge, 1991); A. Blowers, D. Lowry, and B. Solomon, The International
Politics of Nuclear Waste (New.York: Macmillan, 1991); A. Blowers, "Nuclear
Waste and Landscapes of Risk;' Landscapes Research 24(3) (1999),
pp. 241-264; and Peter Stoett, "Toward Renewed Legitimacy? Nuclear Power,
Global Warming, and Security:' Global Environmental Politics 3(1) (2003),
pp.99-116.

114 Darrin Durant, "Buying Globally, Acting Locally: Control and Co-Option
in Nuclear Waste Management," Science and Public Policy 34(7)
(August, 2007), pp. 515-528.

This extract has been published on 101 Uses.. with the kind permission of Professor Benjamin K Sovacool