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Bruce Sterling On Lovelock's Pro-Nuclear Stance
Robert Berger writes "Bruce Sterling, author, journalist, editor, critic, blogger is also the creator of the Viridian Notes series of emails that comment on articles and websites about global warming. The current Viridian Note 00415: Doom is Nigh (scroll down past the inital links) has inserted his Sterling's pithy comments into Jame Lovelock's assertion that 'Nuclear power is the only green solution.'" (See also this earlier Slashdot post about Lovelock's nuclear apologia.)
a burning, corrosive, glowing green.
It is the "green" power solution... until a plant goes crazy, and it becomes the "yellow" power solution.
What the hell was timothy thinking?
"Oh! Bruce Sterling, on the internet. A cyberpunk author (that's nerdy!) and responding to a previously covered Slashdot topic. This'll make a good story for sure."
I don't see how this qualifies as a news piece, even by slashdot standards.
You must be new here.
Dang, hope Santa has a contingency plan.
Harpo Tunnel Syndrome--my wrist feels funny.
found a quote relevant to this: "No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country." -George Patton
the point being is that many greens offer this solution not because they are volunteering to be killed, but because they are volunteering to stand on the other side of the gun. Makes sense considering that your typical green consumes far less than you typical Hummer driver.