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[http://www.nei.org/filefolder/Infographic_-_Land_Needed_by_Wind_and_Solar.jpg Land Needed by Wind and Solar] --From [http://www.nei.org/filefolder/Infographic_-_Land_Needed_by_Wind_and_Solar.jpg] | |||
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| 2010 Global Sustainability Summer School |
Topic Brainstorm
Resolved: Nuclear energy production should not be a part of the US energy supply.
- Affirmative:
Critical readings & resources
--From The Institute for Energy and Environmental Research • IEER
Carbon-Free and Nuclear-Free: A Roadmap for U.S. Energy Policy [WARNING: link is to full text, 257 pgs.]
Nuclear isn't necessary, from Nature Reports Climate Change
--From Caldicott, H.
Nuclear energy: money can't buy love by David Noonan, ABC (Aus), 3 March 2010]
--From Union of Concerned Scientists: A Resurgence of Nuclear Power Poses Significant Challenges [1]
--Natural Resources Defense Council: New Nuclear Power Plants Are Not a Solution for America's Energy Needs [2]
- Negative:
Critical Readings and Resources:
Role of nuclear energy to a future society of shortage of energy resources and global warming --From [3]
Potential climatic impacts and reliability of very large-scale wind farms --From [4]
Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactors: An old idea in nuclear power gets reexamined --From [5]
Land Needed by Wind and Solar --From [6]
