Environment & Energy
In reply to the discussion: Carbon-Free Energy Is Possible -- Without Nukes [View all]PamW
(1,825 posts)kristopher,
As a non-scientist, you don't get to tell the scientists who is and who is not a scientist.
I have a PhD from MIT, and I am a staff scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
kristopher doesn't count me as a scientist saying I'm dishonest because I support nuclear power.
However, the vast MAJORITY of scientists support nuclear power. I support nuclear and say that renewables won't cut it. That's what the MAJORITY of scientists say.
That's what Dr. James Hansen says. Hansen helped author the recent open letter to environmentalists in support of nuclear power. Hansen also says believing that renewables can cut it is like believing in the Easter Bunny and Tooth Fairy.
Hansen says the same things I say; albeit more eloquently. Does that mean Hansen is dishonest and therefore not a scientist.
kristopher doesn't know what scientists promote. He likes what scientist say about global warming; but not what to do about it.
Sorry kristopher, but scientists are NOT politically in your corner. We have our own values which are quite orthogonal to your political agendas.
After all, scientists are the ones that INVENTED nuclear power in the first place. Why do you think we would give up on something we invented? We don't discard the invention if it doesn't measure up. We FIX it so it does measure up.
Sorry, but non-scientists that can't even understand the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics don't get to tell scientists what to believe or who to welcome into their fold.
PamW