What will work : fighting climate change with renewable energy, not nuclear power
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What will work : fighting climate change with renewable energy, not nuclear power
（Environmental ethics and science policy）
Oxford University Press, c2011
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-324) and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
What Will Work makes a rigorous and compelling case that energy efficiencies and renewable energy-and not nuclear fission or "clean coal"-are the most effective, cheapest, and equitable solutions to the pressing problem of climate change.
Kristin Shrader-Frechette, a respected environmental ethicist and scientist, makes a damning case that the only reason that debate about climate change continues is because fossil-fuel interests pay non-experts to confuse the public. She then builds a comprehensive case against the argument made by many that nuclear fission is a viable solution to the problem, arguing that data on the viability of nuclear power has been misrepresented by the nuclear industry and its supporters. In particular
she says that they present deeply flawed cases that nuclear produces low greenhouse gas emissions, that it is financially responsible, that it is safe, and that its risks do not fall mainly on the poor and vulnerable. She argues convincingly that these are all completely false assumptions.
Shrader-Frechette then shows that energy efficiency and renewable solutions meet all these requirements - in particular affordability, safety, and equitability. In the end, the cheapest, lowest-carbon, most-sustainable energy solutions also happen to be the most ethical.
This urgent book on the most pressing issue of our time will be of interest to anyone involved in environmental and energy policy.
"An extraordinary achievement by a philosopher-scientist and public intellectual. The book is unmatched in its synthesis of the empirical data, theory and ethics that infuse the climate-change debates. Its overpowering but transparent argument should be mandatory reading for every elected official. Shrader-Frechette takes practical logic and scientific transparency to new heights. The best book written in the last decade on climate change." - Sheldon Krimsky, Tufts University
"Shrader-Frechette's book is outstanding. She makes a thorough review of the scientific evidence on nuclear health risks, and also explains the political and economic forces affecting public policy. Very readable for scientists, policy makers, and the public." - Joseph J. Mangano, Radiation and Public Health Project, New York
"Fascinating and important! Shrader-Frechette presents the scientific, economic, and ethical evidence for the failure of nuclear power - it is neither carbon-free nor a viable solution to the energy crisis and global warming. While explaining the nuances of the scientific, economic and ethical arguments, the author teaches the reader why solar and wind energy, along with energy efficiency changes, will yield a safe, healthy, reliable and economically efficient energy future for the planet." -
Colleen F. Moore, University of Wisconsin, author of Children and Pollution: Why Scientists Disagree
目次
- Glossary
- Chapter 1: Why Climate-Change Skeptics Are Wrong
- Chapter 2: Trimming the Data on Nuclear Greenhouse Emissions
- Chapter 3: Trimming the Data on Nuclear Costs
- Chapter 4: Nuclear Safety, Flawed Science, and Accident Cover-Up
- Chapter 5: Nuclear Energy and Environmental Justice
- Chapter 6: The Solution: Using Renewable Energy, Efficiency, and Conservation to Address Climate Change
- Chapter 7: Answering Objections
- Chapter 8: Conclusions
- Notes
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