tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597656451205429515.post7725514849869386253..comments2024-02-16T17:52:44.944-06:00Comments on The Nuclear Green Revolution: Alexander DeVolpi versus Amory Lovins: Part IICharles Bartonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01125297013064527425noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597656451205429515.post-54337673209016406362009-07-04T14:28:24.556-05:002009-07-04T14:28:24.556-05:00Anonymous said...
"the only credential needed...Anonymous said...<br />"the only credential needed to refute nuke is common sense. that and a bit of elementary arithmetic."<br />:Common Sense is something anti nuclear fanatics l;ike you are singularly lacking.Charles Bartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01125297013064527425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597656451205429515.post-17538950285976134512009-07-04T14:21:40.382-05:002009-07-04T14:21:40.382-05:00the only credential needed to refute nuke is commo...the only credential needed to refute nuke is common sense. that and a bit of elementary arithmetic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597656451205429515.post-30053139793083093352009-03-04T20:35:00.000-06:002009-03-04T20:35:00.000-06:00You know, in the good old days, eccentrics with cr...You know, in the good old days, eccentrics with crazy ideas were dismissed with a smile and left to their own devices. Now they write books, give lectures and try to influence energy policy and the standard of living of millions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597656451205429515.post-31374223999751026112009-03-01T16:17:00.000-06:002009-03-01T16:17:00.000-06:00I think people over emphasize the 'fraud' aspect o...I think people over emphasize the 'fraud' aspect of Lovin's expertise. It's fun to point out but hardly a rebuttle. De Volpi rebutts, but harping on Lovin's credentials are not worth it...one has to respond, as De Volpi does, to the content, not form, of Lovin's overall fraud, which is he belief that nuclear is no good and wind, solar and 'negawatts' is all it takes.<BR/><BR/>If we focus on the credentials, then we open up the issue of Patrick Moore who IS an industry shill for nuclear and we spend all day arguing about it instead of *what he says*.<BR/><BR/>DavidDWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03070034894266417461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597656451205429515.post-37942347603725210502009-03-01T14:49:00.000-06:002009-03-01T14:49:00.000-06:00A link would be helpful; I presume this is it: "Nu...A link would be helpful; I presume this is it: <BR/>"<A HREF="http://knol.google.com/k/alexander-devolpi/nuclear-expertise-the-amory-lovins/1gsyt5k142kc5/22#" REL="nofollow">Nuclear Expertise: The Amory Lovins Charade</A>"Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08749459207189576328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597656451205429515.post-46347223328179781252009-03-01T10:18:00.000-06:002009-03-01T10:18:00.000-06:00I have commented elsewhere that I see people like ...I have commented elsewhere that I see people like Lovins as mountebanks. That is specifically their stands and activities are just vehicles for them to make money, and not the result of any deeply held convictions. The recent 'conversions' of several British antinuclear activists, strikes me as being more motivated by their sensing a shift in the winds, than the result of any revelation. In fact I expect to see other defections in the months to come.<BR/><BR/>Even someone with an incomplete education will, should they take the time to appraise themselves of the facts, come to the conclusion that nuclear energy is both safe and environmentally sound. Lovins is certainly capable, and has no doubt studied the subject sufficiently to know this to be true. As doubtless do those who are bankrolling him. <BR/><BR/>Consequently I find it hard to believe that any support by powerful vested interests is in any way motivated by self deception, rather I suspect, it is by self preservation. Once a critical mass (no pun intended) of the public begins to support nuclear energy, Lovins will no longer serve anyone's purposes, and he will fade into well deserved obscurity.DV8 2XLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14595060432772287143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597656451205429515.post-29031122963126140022009-03-01T09:21:00.000-06:002009-03-01T09:21:00.000-06:00DV8 2XL, quite true, but we still have to deal wit...DV8 2XL, quite true, but we still have to deal with the fact there are very powerful vested interests that believe Lovins message, We are in an age of confusion, and the need to believe Lovins is a symptom of that confusion. It is beyond all credibility that a college drop out, could deceive all the people Lovins has deceived unless they are willingly allowed themselves to be deceived. It is thus the will to be deceived that is the problem not the deceiver.Charles Bartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01125297013064527425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597656451205429515.post-43549446019269736642009-03-01T08:46:00.000-06:002009-03-01T08:46:00.000-06:00I can shorten this to one sentence: Lovins is an u...I can shorten this to one sentence: Lovins is an uncredentialed fraud, who's pronouncements do not pass any sort of credibility test.DV8 2XLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14595060432772287143noreply@blogger.com