Nuclear Versus News Today

Were getting it done faster than that. >> dana: mike, over to you. >> every time a nuclear plant closes in the world, carbon emissions go up. its just -- its not a controversy about that. so the idea shutting down nuclear plant is part of the climate conversation is nuts. i mean, the facts are in about nuclear versus renewables. france spends a little bit more than half as much more elect tries that produces 1/10 of the carbon emissions of germany. nuclear is 75% of frances electricity. renewabl...

Effectively, to try to deal with the situation and averting the need for things like flying helicopters with buckets of sea water underneath them. similarly, amid fears of a uranium-feared nuclear meltdown, the chinese are racing to develop new nuclear plants based on different types of radioactive material. radioactive thorium is now recognize ed as a safer, cleane and potentially more abundant nuclear fuel, which leads us ultimately to this. what if today, in 2011, we have the nuclear debate a...