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		<title>By: Taasin Shah</title>
		<link>http://blog.libertarian.org.au/2008/03/05/the-gerry-chronicles-carbon-tax-bad-economics/#comment-100861</link>
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		<title>By: .</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Feb 2011 23:33:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[More here:

http://bravenewclimate.com/2011/02/24/advanced-nuclear-power-systems-to-mitigate-climate-change/

This is a modified version of the full conference paper. This is the most up-to-date executive summary available, written for a general — albeit technically conversant – audience, of the Integral Fast Reactor. You can download the 16-page printable PDF version here.
91st American Meteorology Society Annual Meeting, Jan 23-27, 2011, Seattle, WA  Second Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy

Advanced Nuclear Power Systems to Mitigate Climate Change
Tom Blees1, Yoon Chang2, Robert Serafin3, Jerry Peterson4, Joe Shuster1,
Charles Archambeau5, Randolph Ware3, 6, Tom Wigley3,7, Barry W. Brook1,7
1Science Council for Global Initiatives, 2Argonne National Laboratory, 3National Center for Atmospheric Research, 4University of Colorado, 5Technology Research Associates, 6Cooperative Institute for Research in the Environmental Sciences, 7University of Adelaide


Abstract
Fossil fuels currently supply about 80% of humankind’s primary energy. Given the  imperatives of climate change, pollution, energy security and dwindling supplies, and enormous technical, logistical and economic challenges of scaling up coal or gas power plants with carbon capture and storage to sequester all that carbon, we are faced with the necessity of a nearly complete transformation of the world’s energy systems. Objective analyses of the inherent constraints on wind, solar, and other less-mature renewable energy technologies inevitably demonstrate that they will fall far short of meeting today’s energy demands, let alone the certain increased demands of the future. Nuclear power, however, is capable of providing all the carbon-free energy that mankind requires, although the prospect of such a massive deployment raises questions of uranium shortages, increased energy and environmental impacts from mining and fuel enrichment, and so on. These potential roadblocks can all be dispensed with, however, through the use of fast neutron reactors and fuel recycling. The Integral Fast Reactor (IFR), developed at U.S. national laboratories in the latter years of the last century, can economically and cleanly supply all the energy the world needs without any further mining or enrichment of uranium. Instead of utilizing a mere 0.6% of the potential energy in uranium, IFRs capture all of it. Capable of utilizing troublesome waste products already at hand, IFRs can solve the thorny spent fuel problem while powering the planet with carbon-free energy for nearly a millennium before any more uranium mining would even have to be considered. Designed from the outset for unparalleled safety and proliferation resistance, with all  major features proven out at the engineering scale, this technology is unrivaled in its ability to solve the most difficult energy problems facing humanity in the 21st century.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>More here:</p>
<p><a href="http://bravenewclimate.com/2011/02/24/advanced-nuclear-power-systems-to-mitigate-climate-change/" rel="nofollow">http://bravenewclimate.com/2011/02/24/advanced-nuclear-power-systems-to-mitigate-climate-change/</a></p>
<p>This is a modified version of the full conference paper. This is the most up-to-date executive summary available, written for a general — albeit technically conversant – audience, of the Integral Fast Reactor. You can download the 16-page printable PDF version here.<br />
91st American Meteorology Society Annual Meeting, Jan 23-27, 2011, Seattle, WA  Second Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy</p>
<p>Advanced Nuclear Power Systems to Mitigate Climate Change<br />
Tom Blees1, Yoon Chang2, Robert Serafin3, Jerry Peterson4, Joe Shuster1,<br />
Charles Archambeau5, Randolph Ware3, 6, Tom Wigley3,7, Barry W. Brook1,7<br />
1Science Council for Global Initiatives, 2Argonne National Laboratory, 3National Center for Atmospheric Research, 4University of Colorado, 5Technology Research Associates, 6Cooperative Institute for Research in the Environmental Sciences, 7University of Adelaide</p>
<p>Abstract<br />
Fossil fuels currently supply about 80% of humankind’s primary energy. Given the  imperatives of climate change, pollution, energy security and dwindling supplies, and enormous technical, logistical and economic challenges of scaling up coal or gas power plants with carbon capture and storage to sequester all that carbon, we are faced with the necessity of a nearly complete transformation of the world’s energy systems. Objective analyses of the inherent constraints on wind, solar, and other less-mature renewable energy technologies inevitably demonstrate that they will fall far short of meeting today’s energy demands, let alone the certain increased demands of the future. Nuclear power, however, is capable of providing all the carbon-free energy that mankind requires, although the prospect of such a massive deployment raises questions of uranium shortages, increased energy and environmental impacts from mining and fuel enrichment, and so on. These potential roadblocks can all be dispensed with, however, through the use of fast neutron reactors and fuel recycling. The Integral Fast Reactor (IFR), developed at U.S. national laboratories in the latter years of the last century, can economically and cleanly supply all the energy the world needs without any further mining or enrichment of uranium. Instead of utilizing a mere 0.6% of the potential energy in uranium, IFRs capture all of it. Capable of utilizing troublesome waste products already at hand, IFRs can solve the thorny spent fuel problem while powering the planet with carbon-free energy for nearly a millennium before any more uranium mining would even have to be considered. Designed from the outset for unparalleled safety and proliferation resistance, with all  major features proven out at the engineering scale, this technology is unrivaled in its ability to solve the most difficult energy problems facing humanity in the 21st century.</p>
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		<title>By: .</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Feb 2011 23:24:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;Dave&quot;

Most of what you have written is utter crap.

The IFBR uses nuclear waste as fuel. Nuclear waste isn&#039;t effective as material for a dirty bomb - you&#039;re better off stripping smoke detectors. IFBR/LMR systems do not meltdown. The simple solution of 9/11 attacks is to bury them in bunkers. Digging holes is still cheap engineering construction. IFBR fuel/waste cannot be used for nuclear weapons. The new gen IV/IFBR reactors are close to being standardised and acheiving modularity.

You&#039;re parroting quips from the early to mid 1980s. They&#039;re now irrelevant and no longer factual.

Here&#039;s where you can learn more:

http://bravenewclimate.com/]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Dave&#8221;</p>
<p>Most of what you have written is utter crap.</p>
<p>The IFBR uses nuclear waste as fuel. Nuclear waste isn&#8217;t effective as material for a dirty bomb &#8211; you&#8217;re better off stripping smoke detectors. IFBR/LMR systems do not meltdown. The simple solution of 9/11 attacks is to bury them in bunkers. Digging holes is still cheap engineering construction. IFBR fuel/waste cannot be used for nuclear weapons. The new gen IV/IFBR reactors are close to being standardised and acheiving modularity.</p>
<p>You&#8217;re parroting quips from the early to mid 1980s. They&#8217;re now irrelevant and no longer factual.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s where you can learn more:</p>
<p><a href="http://bravenewclimate.com/" rel="nofollow">http://bravenewclimate.com/</a></p>
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		<title>By: Dave</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dave]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Feb 2011 08:34:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are reasons that no Company in the world will invest in a nuclear power plant they include:
·	The problem of radioactive waste is still an unsolved one. The waste from nuclear energy is extremely dangerous and it has to be carefully looked after for several thousand years (10&#039;000 years according to United States Environmental Protection Agency standards).
·	Insurance can only be obtained for the first $350M of damages.
·	High risks: Despite a generally high security standard, accidents can still happen. It is technically impossible to build a plant with 100% security. A small probability of failure will always last. The consequences of an accident would be absolutely devastating both for human being as for the nature (see here or here ). The more nuclear power plants (and nuclear waste storage shelters) are built, the higher is the probability of a disastrous failure somewhere in the world. 
·	Nuclear power plants as well as nuclear waste could be preferred targets for terrorist attacks. No atomic energy plant in the world could withstand an attack similar to 9/11 in Yew York. Such a terrorist act would have catastrophic effects for the whole world.
·	During the operation of nuclear power plants, radioactive waste is produced, which in turn can be used for the production of nuclear weapons. In addition, the same know-how used to design nuclear power plants can to a certain extent be used to build nuclear weapons (nuclear proliferation).
·	The time frame needed for formalities, planning and building of a new nuclear power generation plant is in the range of 20 to 30 years in the western democracies. In other words: It is an illusion to build new nuclear power plants in a short time.
I propose to ramp up Geothermal Power supplies.
Geothermal power stations have been providing base load power for generations. They do not rely on tranient sources of energy so are avilable 24/7. “Twenty-four countries generated a total of 56,786 GWh (204 PJ) of electricity from geothermal power in 2005, accounting for 0.3% of worldwide electricity consumption. 

Geoscience Australia estimates that if we were able to extract just one percent of Australia&#039;s geothermal energy, it would be equivalent to 26,000 times Australia&#039;s total annual energy consumption.”
Source:  http://minister.ret.gov.au/MediaCentre/Speeches/Pages/MinisterialStatementTheVastPotentialofAustralia&#039;sGeothermalResources.aspx]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There are reasons that no Company in the world will invest in a nuclear power plant they include:<br />
·	The problem of radioactive waste is still an unsolved one. The waste from nuclear energy is extremely dangerous and it has to be carefully looked after for several thousand years (10&#8217;000 years according to United States Environmental Protection Agency standards).<br />
·	Insurance can only be obtained for the first $350M of damages.<br />
·	High risks: Despite a generally high security standard, accidents can still happen. It is technically impossible to build a plant with 100% security. A small probability of failure will always last. The consequences of an accident would be absolutely devastating both for human being as for the nature (see here or here ). The more nuclear power plants (and nuclear waste storage shelters) are built, the higher is the probability of a disastrous failure somewhere in the world.<br />
·	Nuclear power plants as well as nuclear waste could be preferred targets for terrorist attacks. No atomic energy plant in the world could withstand an attack similar to 9/11 in Yew York. Such a terrorist act would have catastrophic effects for the whole world.<br />
·	During the operation of nuclear power plants, radioactive waste is produced, which in turn can be used for the production of nuclear weapons. In addition, the same know-how used to design nuclear power plants can to a certain extent be used to build nuclear weapons (nuclear proliferation).<br />
·	The time frame needed for formalities, planning and building of a new nuclear power generation plant is in the range of 20 to 30 years in the western democracies. In other words: It is an illusion to build new nuclear power plants in a short time.<br />
I propose to ramp up Geothermal Power supplies.<br />
Geothermal power stations have been providing base load power for generations. They do not rely on tranient sources of energy so are avilable 24/7. “Twenty-four countries generated a total of 56,786 GWh (204 PJ) of electricity from geothermal power in 2005, accounting for 0.3% of worldwide electricity consumption. </p>
<p>Geoscience Australia estimates that if we were able to extract just one percent of Australia&#8217;s geothermal energy, it would be equivalent to 26,000 times Australia&#8217;s total annual energy consumption.”<br />
Source:  <a href="http://minister.ret.gov.au/MediaCentre/Speeches/Pages/MinisterialStatementTheVastPotentialofAustralia&#039;sGeothermalResources.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://minister.ret.gov.au/MediaCentre/Speeches/Pages/MinisterialStatementTheVastPotentialofAustralia&#039;sGeothermalResources.aspx</a></p>
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		<title>By: The last gasp of a fading fool &#171; Thoughts on Freedom</title>
		<link>http://blog.libertarian.org.au/2008/03/05/the-gerry-chronicles-carbon-tax-bad-economics/#comment-68456</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[The last gasp of a fading fool &#171; Thoughts on Freedom]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:35:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] destroyed all his carbon tax idiocy here, with several examples of how he blatantly lied. That was the point when Gerry lost all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>By: The hater strikes again &#171; Thoughts on Freedom</title>
		<link>http://blog.libertarian.org.au/2008/03/05/the-gerry-chronicles-carbon-tax-bad-economics/#comment-66698</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[The hater strikes again &#171; Thoughts on Freedom]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 04:23:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] Des Moore, Sinclair Davison, Chris Berg, Ron Manners and my paper on the carbon tax (a paper he clearly didn&#8217;t understand). But that is to be expected, so we can continue to ignore the personal attacks in his hate-filled [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Des Moore, Sinclair Davison, Chris Berg, Ron Manners and my paper on the carbon tax (a paper he clearly didn&#8217;t understand). But that is to be expected, so we can continue to ignore the personal attacks in his hate-filled [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Climate games &#171; Thoughts on Freedom</title>
		<link>http://blog.libertarian.org.au/2008/03/05/the-gerry-chronicles-carbon-tax-bad-economics/#comment-64074</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Climate games &#171; Thoughts on Freedom]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 05:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] Monckton approvingly cites Gerry Jackson, who was one of the chief critics of my approach, before going on to exactly echo my [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Monckton approvingly cites Gerry Jackson, who was one of the chief critics of my approach, before going on to exactly echo my [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Mangled Thoughts &#187; Centre for Independent Studies has two fan clubs</title>
		<link>http://blog.libertarian.org.au/2008/03/05/the-gerry-chronicles-carbon-tax-bad-economics/#comment-51367</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mangled Thoughts &#187; Centre for Independent Studies has two fan clubs]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:52:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] The Gerry chronicles: carbon tax &amp; bad economics [...]]]></description>
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		<title>By: Kevo of Sydney</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevo of Sydney]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:01:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well here are today&#039;s headlines folks and if you follow this and similar links, I don&#039;t get a lot of confidence that the advocates are looking at carbon taxes as replacing other taxes - it reads to me like they see it as a new tax on out-of-favour businesses that will be re-distributed to favoured social groups.

Or am I being too cynical yet again ?

Emissions trading &#039;could produce $20b windfall&#039;
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/03/20/2194865.htm]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well here are today&#8217;s headlines folks and if you follow this and similar links, I don&#8217;t get a lot of confidence that the advocates are looking at carbon taxes as replacing other taxes &#8211; it reads to me like they see it as a new tax on out-of-favour businesses that will be re-distributed to favoured social groups.</p>
<p>Or am I being too cynical yet again ?</p>
<p>Emissions trading &#8216;could produce $20b windfall&#8217;<br />
<a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/03/20/2194865.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/03/20/2194865.htm</a></p>
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		<title>By: TerjeP (say tay-a)</title>
		<link>http://blog.libertarian.org.au/2008/03/05/the-gerry-chronicles-carbon-tax-bad-economics/#comment-45461</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[TerjeP (say tay-a)]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:42:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jason - this latest one doesn&#039;t include any suggestion that I&#039;m a left wing hippy. So clearly it isn&#039;t going to be as much fun.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jason &#8211; this latest one doesn&#8217;t include any suggestion that I&#8217;m a left wing hippy. So clearly it isn&#8217;t going to be as much fun.</p>
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