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Title: The Environmental Case for Nuclear Power: Economic, Medical, and Political Considerations by Robert C. Morris ISBN: 1-55778-780-8 Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Pub. Date: 01 May, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.92 (12 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Good Background To Nuclear Energy
Comment: This book provides a very good introduction to nuclear energy and the environmental factors. The author covers in some detail the issues of using nuclear power and the fallacies of the environmental extremists who oppose it. To environmentalist mindlessness the author provides good brain food.
In particular Mr. Morris points out the down side of trying to manage without energy in a less affluent society. Anti-nuke artists might note that in the energy scarce Middle Ages acting and artist jobs were few and far between. The average peasant only saw a juggler once in a while.
Rating: 4
Summary: Very Interesting ...
Comment: Dr. Morris' writing is somewhat choppy, but his points about the health dangers of fossil fuel use are well made. His main arguement that nuclear power is overall far safer than fossil fuel power is very strongly supported. Data can always be manipulated or distorted, but some facts that he points out such as that the EPA and the American Medical Association approve of nuclear power over fossil fuel power, just cannot be made up. With an energy shortage in full swing in California right now, this is a great book for the concerned citizen or the policy maker to read to learn about relative merits and drawbacks of different methods of electrical power generation.
Rating: 4
Summary: Concise, lucid, and critical energy information
Comment: If you are only going to read one book about nuclear energy, fossil fuels and alternative energy sources, this is the one. If you are going to read more than one, this is the one to start with. It is easy to read, packed with solid scientifically based information, and easy to understand with little or no scientific background. It smashes many of the myths promoted by alarmist "environmentalists" who usually speak in generalities and have little or no scientific background. Dr. Morris tells you what the science says, and what the scientists believe in concise lucid detail.
The book fills the critical need for a logical explanation of the advantages and disadvantages of various methods of meeting our energy needs: fossil fuels (oil, natural gas, coal), nuclear, hydroelectric, solar, windmills, oil shales, hydrogen. It also explains the alarming consequences of failing to meet these needs. It discusses the advantages, environmental effects, economics and practicality of all these sources of energy. It sounds like a huge undertaking, but Dr. Morris explains it easily and soundly.
If you want real scientific information for the layman about nuclear and other forms of energy, this is the book to read.
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Title: Naturally Dangerous: Surprising Facts About Food, Health, and the Environment by James Collman ISBN: 1891389092 Publisher: University Science Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $29.00 |
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Title: The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the World by Bjorn Lomborg ISBN: 0521010683 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $28.00 |
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Title: The Party's Over: Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies by Richard Heinberg ISBN: 0865714827 Publisher: New Society Publishers Pub. Date: 01 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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