Peter Beattie,
ThePremier@premiers.qld.gov.au
News Mail Letters:
editorial@news-mail.com.au
The Age Letters:
letters@theage.com.au
The Australian Letters:
letters@theaustralian.com.au
The SMH Letters:
letters@smh.com.au
Courier Mail Letters:
online form @ http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/editorial/letter/
Sunday Mail online form @
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/editorial/letter/
Sample letter
Dear Premier Beattie and Media,
Climate Change is upon us, and the need for true leadership and immediate action to mitigate the dire consequences we all face is urgent.
I note the report issued on 26/10/06 by Roam Consulting, "Nuclear Power Station" from your website which states "a nuclear station of nominal 1400MW, 10,000GWh/a sent out production would be expected to use about 1.26 times the water usage of the equivalent coal fired power station, or about 25Gl/a. The water source would need to be assured in at least a one in one hundred year drought."
This demonstrates that wind, solar, biomass, geothermal and natural gas powered plants where almost no water is used are a more viable alternative to nuclear OR coal.
With the majority of our majour populations hugging the coast, the viability of tidal and wave power generation must be thoroughly investigated immediately.
"Renewables" will consume some 25,000 megalitres of water less per year for 1,400 megawatts of energy produced by a nuclear plant, and about 19,500 megalitres less than a coal-fired plant of similar size!
The projected water savings of renewables and natural gas must be costed in.
Nuclear plants' waste water damages the downstream environment and destroys prime waterfront land while continually exposing the surrounding environment to the danger of radioactive pollution and there remains no safe method of storage for nuclear waste.
Ample reasons to steer away from both nuclear (and coal) in Queensland.
Yours sincerely
Anne Goddard (Climate Change Action)
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment