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07/25/2007: ""Renewable energy" a rape of nature"

Ramping up the use of renewable energy would lead to the "rape of nature", meaning nuclear power should be developed instead. So argues noted conservation biologist and climate change researcher Jesse Ausubel in an opinion piece based on his and others' research.

Ausubel says the key renewable energy sources, including sun, wind, and biomass, would all require vast amounts of land if developed up to large scale production ? unlike nuclear power. That land would be far better left alone, he says.

Renewables are "boutique fuels" says Ausubel, of Rockefeller University in New York, US. "They look attractive when they are quite small. But if we start producing renewable energy on a large scale, the fallout is going to be horrible."

[ No, children, we'll have to actually change the way we do things, not just switch to more convenient fuels. And all those people who now want to live first world lifestyles? We either tell them NO or we all die. Good luck. ]

http://environment.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn12346&feedId=ecocide_is_hilarious