Global warming and the case for nuclear energy
The IPCC has warned governments the world over that they must take urgent action if irreversible damage is to be avoided.
Subsequent parts of the report will deal with other aspects of the problem, and will include proposals for the types of preventive action that should be taken.
Since it is now clear that urgent action needs to be taken, we don’t need to wait for the panel to tell us what must be done.
The time is already overdue when we in Ireland should be seriously discussing ways of drastically reducing our output of greenhouse gases especially as, per capita, we are among the worst emitting countries.
We members of Better Environment with Nuclear Energy (BENE) advocate that in any such discussions earnest consideration should be given to the important role nuclear energy can and must play.
We are calling on all the political parties here to commit themselves to a realistic and properly informed debate on the potential contribution from nuclear energy.
Denis Duff BE
Burnaby Woods
Greystones
Co Wicklow
Ian McAulay MA, PhD, FInst P
Shrewsbury Road
Shankill
Co Dublin
Maire Morrissey-Cummins
Burnaby Woods
Greystones
Co Wicklow David Sowby MD, FSRP
Knocksinna Crescent
Dublin 18
John Stafford BBS, MA, FCA
Dargle Wood
Knocklyon
Dublin 16
FankTurvey C Eng, FIEI, FIAE, FINucE, FinstP
Church Road
Greystones
Co Wicklow
Philip Walton BA (Mod) PhD, C Phys., FInstP., C Eng., FIET
Moycullen
Co Galway





