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Renewable energy is happening, and nuclear isn’t

I know that this is supposed to be an anti-nuclear blog.  But I get bored with all the stuff in the media about nuclear.  For one thing, it’s just not happening – the “nuclear renaissance”.

For another thing, the Australian media is full of hype about uranium. Today – several articles on how wonderfully well Paladin Energy is doing in Africa- oh you gotta invest!   Nary a word about how Paladin is pulling out of Niger because uranium workers are getting kidnapped by al-Qaida.

But for the main thing –  Renewable Energy is happening! It’s happening both on a big scale –  how business and the media love BIG!

It’s happening on a small scale  – where communities, schools and households are getting truly clean energy, and making a profit out of it.

Not apparently a scenario for Australia. Are we some sort of cultural outpost – where the idea of energy has to be always  BIG, corporate-owned, and coal or uranium fueled?

October 3, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Christina reviews, climate change - global warming, energy, solar, wind | antinuclear, Australia, climate change, climate change - global warming, energy, nuclear, nuclear costs, renewable, solar, wind