Reply #24: A mischaracterization, or a realization you can't bear to think about?

[NickB79]

We ARE seeing potentially irreversible effects from global warming NOW (and much faster than previously estimated to boot), and we ARE seeing global oil production on a plataue for the past 5 years now. Neither one of these is really debatable. Why do you want to ignore the inevitable conclusion that we will see considerably more damage to the environment if it takes us another 40 years to phase out a majority of our fossil fuel use? I'd venture a guess that it's because you've invested heavily in a market-driven, capitalist approach to the growth of renewable energy, despite the fact that such a method is moving far too slowly to prevent the planet from breaking the dreaded 500ppm of CO2 barrier.

As for your continued claim that I somehow support the nuclear fission industry, I've repeatedly stated that I'm at best agnostic on nuclear power, and I can't think of the last time I actually supported the current fission industry. I find it noteworthy that YOU are the one who brings up nuclear power in virtually all of the discussions we've entered into here at DU, not me (see this thread for just one example). At best, I've stated that nuclear power could work IN THEORY, but here in the real world it appears that human nature, ie greed and corruption, derail even the best-laid plans.