[Oz-envirolink] Dave Pollard's review of "Heat" (George Monbiot -UK)

[Dave Kimble]

Monbiot's position on nuclear energy is not how it is related in this review.
( I haven't read the book. )
Instead read http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-op-monbiot11jun11,0,5430628.story?coll=la-news-comment-opinions
where he proposes using nuclear energy to provide "the energy we need".

Monbiot is trying to find ways of continuing Business As Usual
including increases in energy consumption to drive increased industrial activity
when it is clear to any environmentalist that BAU is killing the planet
and will utterly destroy the planet if it is allowed to continue much longer.

BAU is unsustainable, end of story.
Consequently any attempt to describe BAU solutions in environmental terms is doomed 
to be trapped into major inconsistencies like this.

Dave
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  From: hugh spencer 
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  Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2006 8:12 AM
  Subject: [Oz-envirolink] Dave Pollard's review of "Heat" (George Monbiot -UK) 


  I was first introduced to George Monbiot about 10 years ago, after reading
  his account of his travels in the Amazon. "Amazon Watershed" - he is a
  British zoologist and now commentator on environmental issues and writer
  for the Guardian newspaper on environmentally related issues. I have always
  been impressed with his columns - and from this review - his 'non-aligned'
  view will be an important reference point for us 'eco-doomers' (even if we
  don't always agree with the long term message).

  Hugh Spencer




  Review of George Monbiot's "Heat"

  by Dave Pollard
  http://www.energybulletin.net/22176.html