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| Yes | 30% | 49 votes | Total: 162 votes | |
| No | 70% | 113 votes |
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Earth's climate is always changing. It has warmed up and cooled down many times in its history, far before humans even walked the Earth. The last significant episode of global w...read more
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by Dean Walsh
Nuclear power may not be everyone's favourite technology, but on the specific issue of global warming there can be no reasonable doubt that replacing old fossil fuel generator u...read more
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Yes, we should go nuclearbut not because of so-called "global warming." We need to go nuclear because it is the most efficient and least costly way to provide the power need...read more
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by Luca Mauri
For starters we have to point out that scientist are not sure exactly what is causing global warming. While the most part of the person would tell that the so-called greenhouse ...read more
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Utlizing nuclear power is a safe, economical and long term solution to part of the problem of global warming. Nuclear power has fallen out of favor in the general public beca...read more
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by Bud McBride
Well the answer to this question is yes in general and no with some specifics. In general nuclear power is a SAFE and reasonable means of getting the world off of fossil fuels....read more
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by Alex Kee
Going Nuclear is about the only clear alternative to substituting burning fossil fuel in the bid to tackle global warming and its treat to the long term survival-ability of the ...read more
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by Mj Ferruzza
When it comes to modern answers to our power needs we can turn to France. France? Well! While the United States has all but shut down the building of new nuclear power plants,...read more
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There is no one cure-all solution for global warming, and even if there was it certainly wouldn't be nuclear power. While nuclear power doesn't produce as many carbon dioxide e...read more
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Understanding this question requires an understanding of just what the Green solution concerning our energy future is more generally, and not only as it relates to the specific ...read more
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As a Florida resident, I am surely happy that we have two nuclear power plants to generate our need of air conditioning. The accepted way of generating power through the use of ...read more
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Nuclear power has not been around long enough to know all the effects it will cause in the future. Once again we are on the threshold of a relativity new science, ready to jump...read more
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by Allan Taylor
Understanding this question is a problem unto itself. Nuclear power is an important option for the generation of base-load electricity in countries where it is sensible to us...read more
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Nuclear power is the perceived Utopian solution of choice to the problems of energy shortage and global warming. The immediate benefits are touted as power generated without the...read more
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No - how could it be when the used uranium is hyperactive and can not possibly be stored in any safe place, whilst my real concern is actually the nuclear bomb being created and...read more
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by Krullix
Earlier in the year, the British Government gave the green light to a new generation of nuclear power plants. This debate examines whether nuclear power is the way forward as a ...read more
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by Ryan Brooks
Is nuclear power the answer to global warming? Get real! It is unclear how ANY human endeavor would affect global warming. It is ludicrous to unequivocally believe that if we c...read more
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by Dana Seilhan
To begin with, there is no such thing as THE answer to global warming. That would assume there was only one cause, which is not the case. Addressing nuclear energy in particul...read more
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by dlmetz
Nuclear power can not do anything about Global Warming. It might help with energy to reduce the use of coal power and natural gas power plants to produce electricity. As for Glo...read more
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by Rex Coker
Nuclear power is clean power , but nuclear waste not being stored correctly is worse . Let us not worry about global warming for a second . Nuclear waste is costly and even har...read more
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by Bill Whitney
Although nuclear power definitely has its place in the modern world, I don't believe nuclear power would do much to solve global warming. There are some advantages to nuclear p...read more
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by Gary Sachs
Nuclear power - the siting and building of new reactors is too slow to effectively change the climate change / global warming issue. Nuclear power is not sustainable, thus i...read more
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Power generation using nuclear fission is not going to alleviate human-induced climate change. Even if all the coal and oil-fired power stations could be replaced tomorrow ...read more
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by Sean Davis
Nuclear power, it is a good source of energy but it presents just as many problems as it solves in the way of energy. We still have to produce the power that would be used in t...read more
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