Both Dr. Till and I are scientists; and the reason that we hold the opinions that we do has absolutely NOTHING to do with being a "nuclear sell-out".
The opinions of Dr. Till and I both about nuclear and about renewables are based on well-founded science.
No less than the National Academy of Science states that we can count on renewables for no more than about 20% of our electric production.
We are going to need an "all of the above" strategy, including nuclear; if we are going to meet demand without excessive emissions of GHG.
That's what the Obama Administration is pursuing right now - ALL of the above including nuclear. Don't you think that Obama would have been receptive to an "all renewables" strategy? Then why has the Obama Administration been pursuing an "all of the above" strategy; especially since his first Secretary of Energy was the former Director a national laboratory that was big in the renewables field.
The reason is that Obama's first Secretary of Energy, Nobel Laureate in Physics, Dr. Steven Chu; advised President Obama of the scientific fact that an "all renewable" plan is a non-starter that is doomed to failure because it runs afoul of a number of physical laws. Dr. Chu recommended the "all of the above" strategy.
President Obama's new Secretary of Energy, MIT Physics Professor, Dr. Ernest Moniz knows that Physics just as well as Dr. Chu, and there's no deviation from the "all of the above" strategy planned.
You may be a member of the clan that thinks we can do it all with renewables; and doesn't believe that the laws of physics are going to stand in your way. You are not alone; there are others. That's why I sign my posts with the following.
The good thing about science is that it is true, whether or not you believe in it.
--Neil deGrasse Tyson
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