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"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience."--C.S. Lewis
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:: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 ::
Kyoto Protocol's Negative Economic Consequences Emerge
Apparently, tiny New Zealand is waking up with a nasty Kyoto Protocol hangover. Tim Blair has an amusing update on how the Europeans are coping with their onorous Kyoto commitments as well.
Unless some time traveler from the future appears with the recipe for cold fusion - a highly unlikely if not entirely illogical proposition - Nuclear power is the only answer. If the Screaming Greenies had taken a Physics course instead of Environmental Sociology or Marxist Theory, they'd have a much better grasp of the global energy situation. With both the Chinese and Indian economies in overdrive, increasing use of fossil fuels for power generation is inevitable - and unfortunately, China and India are currently two of the least ecofriendly nations on Earth. If Al Gore and the Global Greens would get out of the way, safe, clean nuclear power would eliminate one of the biggest producers of pollution on the planet: Coal burning power plants.
Related: "over 700 local pressure groups" are blocking France's massive ITER nuclear fusion project. It can take decades to realize an important project like this; having a mob of ill-informed luddites standing in the way of a technological marvel such as ITER retards the evolution of the species and endangers every human on Earth. ITER must go forward.
Update: Bush/Blair comment on Kyoto [>]
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