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Article: A pragmatic look at nuclear power.(Opinion)
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- The Seattle Times (Seattle, WA)
- Article date:
- November 6, 2009
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Byline: Alex Alben; Special to The Times
STEWART Brand, author of "The Whole Earth Catalog," visited Seattle last week, promoting his latest environmental manifesto and surprising more than a few members of the audience with his ideas about tackling our energy and climate crises.
In sum, while judging that solar and wind power are part of the mix of renewable energy sources required to sustain world living standards, Brand flatly asserts that we must rapidly deploy nuclear power plants to meet both environmental end energy goals.
In his "Whole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist Manifesto," Brand sifts through data to establish that wind power ...