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| author = [[Ian Lowe]] |
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| publisher = ''[[Quarterly Essay]]'' (Black Inc.) |
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| pub_date = 2007 |
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| pages = 129 pp. |
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| isbn = ISBN 978-1-86395-412-9 |
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'''''Reaction Time: Climate Change and the Nuclear Option''''' is a book by Professor [[Ian Lowe]] which was officially launched by science broadcaster [[Robyn Williams]] at the Writers' Festival in Brisbane in September 2007. The book is about [[energy policy]], and Lowe argues that [[nuclear power]] does not make sense on any level: economically, environmentally, politically or socially.<ref name=lowe>[http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/09/14/2032596.htm Reaction time: climate change and the nuclear option]</ref> |
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==Themes== |
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Ian Lowe, [[Order of Australia|AO]], explains that energy is essential for civilised living, and says our energy-intensive lifestyle based on fossil fuels is unsustainable, and that he believes fundamental improvements must be made. In his book he says: ''"the nuclear option does not make sense on any level: economically, environmentally, politically or socially. It is too costly, too dangerous, too slow and has too small an impact on global warming."'' <ref name=lowe /> |
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:"Promoting nuclear power as the solution to climate change is like advocating smoking as a cure for obesity. That is, taking up the nuclear option will make it much more difficult to move to the sort of sustainable, ecologically healthy future that should be our goal."<ref>Lowe, Ian (2007). Reaction time: climate change and the nuclear option, p. 19.</ref> |
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==Author== |
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Professor Lowe is the Emeritus professor of ''[[Science and technology studies|Science, Technology and Society]]'' at [[Griffith University]] and the President of the [[Australian Conservation Foundation]].<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/melbourne/stories/s2031036.htm Ian lowe, Liam Black and Dean Skinner]</ref> |
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==See also== |
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{{Portal|Environment|Energy|Australia}} |
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*[[A Big Fix]] |
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*[[Anti-nuclear movement in Australia]] |
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*[[Chernobyl disaster]] |
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*[[Contesting the Future of Nuclear Power]] |
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*[[Greenhouse Solutions with Sustainable Energy]] |
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*[[List of books about nuclear issues]] |
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*[[Living in the Hothouse]] |
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*[[Non-Nuclear Futures]] |
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*[[Nuclear or Not?]] |
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*[[Renewable energy commercialization]] |
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*[[The Clean Tech Revolution]] |
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*[[List of Australian environmental books]] |
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==References== |
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==External links== |
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*[http://www.sd-commission.org.uk/pages/060306.html Is nuclear the answer?] |
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*[http://www.quarterlyessay.com/qe/ Quarterly Essay] |
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*[http://www.npolicy.org/thebook.php?bid=19 Nuclear Power's Global Expansion: Weighing Its Costs and Risks] |
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{{Australian anti-nuclear}} |
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[[Category:Environmental non-fiction books]] |
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[[Category:2007 books]] |
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[[Category:Australian non-fiction books]] |
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[[Category:Climate change books]] |
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[[Category:Energy policy]] |
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[[Category:Nuclear power]] |
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[[Category:Sustainability books]] |
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[[Category:Books about nuclear issues]] |
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[[Category:Books by Ian Lowe]] |
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