It'll keep growing if we can find a way to feed them all!
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But it's a very high-risk line of thinking, resting once again on the assumption that we know exactly where we're headed.
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It's great to talk about the potential problems of GM tech, but let's not demonise the concept.
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"Green" groups already did this with nuclear power and I think the best evidence is that had a huge cost.
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Sure, we should be wary, this is big stuff. But we need to inform not mislead and view the various issues independently.
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Sure, but some issues supercede others in priority as well. Do you feel nuclear power is vindicated by entire regions being depopulated?
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The Japs are covering up that their disaster has also had a similar effect. The aftershocks will outlive the beneficiaries by centuries.
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I think the biggest aftershock may be Germany etc retiring their near zero-CO2 nukes and upping their dirty coal use.
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They could go solar or any number of other options. This is about export income, not environment or tech.
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I've heard some very positive things about solar recently, but we're still a long way off it being a primary source of electricity.
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Believe me, I'd love renewables to be the answer right now - I get most of my electricity from wind turbines - but we're not there, yet.
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