"Pandora's Promise" - a documentary that supports new-generation nuclear technology

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorium_reactor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Generation_Nuclear_Plant

Dear E,

Stuart Brand is not easily bamboozled - and he supports new generation nuclear power.

Brand and his fellows see nuclear as the only practical way to turn the CO2 tide before Tipping Point.

Personally, I have come to believe that  renewed emphasis on nuclear power will only delay robust implementation of solar, a technology that is already "globally viable."

On the other hand, solar energy's "lift-off" has been notably slow.

As a practical matter, "industrial-strength capitalists" may comprise the only "investment pool" willing to go "whole hog" on behalf of a "carbon free technology" -- i.e., new generation nuclear -- a technology that is 1.) much less horrifying than earlier generations of nuclear power, and 2.) a technology that would change the carbon equation quickly at a time when full-throttle implementation of some carbon-free technology may be our only salvation.

http://science.time.com/2013/06/21/radioactive-green-pandoras-promise-rethinks-nuclear-power/

http://pandoraspromise.com/

http://www.beyondnuclear.org/pandoras-false-promises/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandora's_Promise

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=198444052

Here is a promising article on the solar side of the fence. "By 2032, Saudi Arabia Will Produce A Third Of Its Electricity Through Solar Energy"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/07/by-2032-saudi-arabia-will-produce-third.html

Pax

Alan