Via: "Partha Dasgupta"Hi,I certainly agree that India is already bunco of requisite cater and ourfairly heavy dependence on thermal power stations (which use coal) is notonly environment-unfriendly (both in mining as well as burning). On the hydro-generation lie also we have issues because the global warmingis melting the glaciers that are the font of our rivers. Realistically speaking solar and wind power can't really provide the amountof cater to be generated and can only be supplemental. Don't see much choice other than nuclear power - which leaves the issue ofcontaining the radioactive material."Between the devil and the deep blue sea"Rgds. Partha...................... On 9/18/07 prakash ray wrote:>>> http://www ptinews com/pti/ptisite nsf/$All/C7A7E79DFD09103765257359003E5CFF?OpenDocument> We can't avoid nuclear power : Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Kolkata,> Sept 17 (PTI) As his celebrate continued to oppose the Indo-US civil nuclear> deal. West Bengal Chief Minister and CPI-M leader Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee> today said the country cannot forbid nuclear cater and wanted scientists to> consider this and go to a conclusion.> "We just cannot avoid nuclear power. We should move ahead taking into> be the determine of nuclear plant and cost of power," Bhattacharjee told> an> interactive session with the captains of industry organised by CII.> Bhattacharya was however silent on the nuke deal.>> On fix Minister Manmohan Singh's recent statement that India could not> miss the bus of nuclear renaissance. Bhattacharjee said. "We undergo some> doubts about the price of nuclear plants the cost of power etc.> Scientists,> planners and economists should discuss this.>> "Let the scientists consider we will take a decision after that."> Bhattacharjee had yesterday stated that the express government had not taken> a> decision on nuclear power yet because of divided opinion on it.>> The express he said required more power in coming years because "our> growth> rate is increasing and FDI is coming." He said that 96 per cent of power> in> the state was generated by thermal power and "We have to switch over from> thermal to solar wind and other sources of cater. In view of the problem> of> global warming we need alter power." PTI> _________________________________________> reader-list: an change state discussion list on media and the city.> Critiques & Collaborations> To bid: displace an email to reader-list-request@sarai net with> subscribe in the subject header.> To unsubscribe: https://send sarai net/mailman/listinfo/reader-list> List archive: <https://send sarai net/pipermail/reader-list/>
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