Adelaide Citizens Demand Business South Australia Cease Nuclear Promotion Fraud
8 Feb 14 A group of concerned citizens today issued a firm rejection of industry lobby group Business SA’s recent “demands (for) a nuclear industry in South Australia”.
The group’s spokes-person, mathematician Brett Stokes, has personally demanded that Business SA and AdelaideNow cease Nuclear Advocacy Fraud.
Stokes says “the economics are bogus – the ludicrous totally false claim of abundant cheap energy deserves condemnation as a malevolent fraud”.
Stokes cites the huge costs of construction and operational failures such as Chernobyl and Fukushima.
Stokes also notes that nuclear power reactors require huge amounts of cooling water and only operate 90% of the time at best.
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A lengthy letter (The Advertiser, 10/2/14) contains misleading claims that have been made time and time again by the nuclear industry.
Claims that problems of nuclear technology have been largely overcome are contradicted by recent nuclear disasters at Fukushima and Chernobyl and promised new, safe, commercially viable nuclear technology has failed to materialize.
Similarly, claims that renewable energy sources cannot meet the ever-increasing demand for electricity are misleading on two counts. Firstly, the demand for electricity in Australia has been falling for a number of years, and secondly, at the same time that electricity demand has been decreasing the contribution of renewables has been rising rapidly and shows no sign of slowing down. The significance of this trend is reinforced by the rear-guard action now being fought by the fossil fuel industry.
If the nuclear industry wants to convince people that it has a case then it needs to come up with arguments that are consistent with the facts.
Dennis Matthews
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