by Allan Taylor

Created on: April 12, 2010

I have voted NO for the reason  that the US needs more reliable base-load  electricity  generation  such as provided by nuclear and coal-fired power stations, if it wants to further its economic development.

The alternative, which is not to do so,  will inevitably lead to economic stagnation and decline.  The US will then no longer be the world leader in technological development, although its military power will remain substantial, but ineffective.

Historically, it seems that some privileged  nation states  have their day in the sun and inevitably decline from being “top dog” for a certain  period. For example we have the Roman Empire (ca 100 AD)  and the British Empire in the recent past.  The USA has been a powerful world  leader since the end of  World War 2,  but  its future dominance is  doubtfull.

 The reason for the present decline of US world influence can be ascertained by examining  the Helium title “Can the US confront global warming without adding more nuclear power”.

Such a question for debate could only be devised by a dyed-in-the-wool Greenpeace person (or fellow traveler) whose belief system is based on faulty scientific notions  designed to cause apprehension of  a  global  environmental  catastrophe and  coming Armaggedon.  Politics comes  first  and science second  with these climate change alarmists.

The Greens are the “Fear Party”  that  garners  political support by instilling unwarranted fear in the populace.  In the US they are imbedded in the Democrat Party whereas elsewhere,  such as the EU and Australia,  they have their own political party.   The Greens are not totally bad.  Occasionally their members have sensible ideas which should be supported,  but in general  their policies are bizarre and  tend to be economically restrictive.

The first part of the question:  “Can the US confront global warming…..”  deserves contemplation.   

Global warming, such as it is,  said to be  ca 0.7 degrees C over the past 100 years,  is not a problem to worry about.   In fact it is to be welcomed if it exists at all.  North America and Northern Europe could do with a bit of warming.  I doubt that many people would notice such a  minute  difference

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