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A short film about climate change, energy and nuclear power. If you're confused about whether we need nuclear power to stop climate change, take nine minutes of your time to watch our new film. It doesn't just explain why nuclear power can't stop climate change - it also points the way to a better, cheaper, more convenient solution.

Channel: News & Politics
Uploaded: July 20, 2007 at 2:18 pm
Author: GreenpeaceUK

Length: 00:09:27
Rating: 4.01
Views: 55481

Tags: greenpeace climatechange renewables nuclearpower solution globalwarming CHP efficiency nuclear

Video Comments:
ejbh3160 (October 5, 2008 at 11:42 am)
All Volcanos... 15 Million tons of CO2 PA
Mankind........ 26 BILLION tons of CO2 PA
(most of that from dirty coal power stations)

Time to stop burning COAL.. especially that dirty cheap stuff from... now where does that come from papcio?!
papcio (October 2, 2008 at 12:39 am)
belive me this film is so full of bullshit its even hard to find a point to start with...
ejbh3160 (October 5, 2008 at 12:51 am)
Because you can't!
The fact is if every home had a solar water heater on the roof they'd save nearly 30% on heating water for space heating & washing & a solar PV system plugged into the grid could supply up to 100% & all new build homes should have ground heat built in. There's wind turbines & there's off-shore wind/wave which could be combined units, tidal lagoons for coastal areas & CHP.
Just INSULATING & switching off can save 30% of present use!! ALL the new nukes could only produce 10%!
papcio (October 2, 2008 at 12:35 am)
the whole Europe subsydies the renewables with bilions eruos and it still doesnt support it with a noticable amount of energy, compare that to nuclear power
ejbh3160 (October 5, 2008 at 12:52 am)
Did you even WATCH the video?
Just do the Math!
papcio (October 5, 2008 at 12:54 am)
yes i watched it i really love to watch greenpeaces vids and laugh
ejbh3160 (October 5, 2008 at 1:15 am)
Nuclear power is not even deliverable fast enough to help with climate change!
There need to be reductions in CO2 emissions within 10 years (preferably now) & nukes take longer to build than 10 years.
The reason they want nukes is because they keep people reliant on the 'grid'.
If people produce their own power for free then its not taxable & it doesn't help the corporates keep hold of their monopoly on energy! Even locally produced power is cheaper because there's less transport 'loss'.
ejbh3160 (September 24, 2008 at 7:07 pm)
and so today 24th Sept 2008 EDF have bought BE & Hinkley & others will be expanded regardless of the people's needs or wishes!
We need all the energy efficiency & all the renewables! Every pylon should have a verticle wind turbine stuck on the top.. thus saving in transportation losses (about 10% now). Energy efficiency measures alone could save us up to 30% of present use! A solar water heater on every roof! And so it goes on...
JonathonSmythe (August 30, 2008 at 9:49 pm)
There's nothing wrong with nuclear and I'm not just saying that becose i'ev got shears with B.N.F.L.
fyrnifede (August 22, 2008 at 11:27 pm)
Nuclear powerplants are seriously dangerous if something goes wrong..take a look at Saudi Arabia and some other arabic states, they get rich like hell from selling oil to gas guzzling countries, what they`re doing now is building entire cities based on green energy, they`ve seen the future..oil, coal and nuclear plants will soon be stone age tech compared to what`s coming.