Environment & Energy
In reply to the discussion: We had all better hope these scientists are wrong about the planet’s future [View all]NNadir
(33,476 posts)...that Dr. Hansen, one of the authors cited in the OP, has forcefully endorsed.
Prevented Mortality and Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Historical and Projected Nuclear Power (Pushker A. Kharecha* and James E. Hansen
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and Columbia University Earth Institute, 2880 Broadway, New York, New York 10025, United States, Environ. Sci. Technol., 2013, 47 (9), pp 48894895)
For the first time in decades, Vermont is now dependent on dangerous fossil fuels for the generation of electricity.
For a long time, Vermont was the only state that did not release dangerous fossil fuel waste into the atmosphere to produce electricity.
Senator Sanders endorsed this cockamamie approach to the addressing climate change: Shutting the largest, by far, source of climate gas free electricity generating infrastructure in his state.
If there is any reason to reject Senator Sanders - and it is certainly my reason for rejecting him - his proposed actions on climate change are it.