News from the New Party

Greens for climate change

"Greenpeace has always fought - and will continue to fight - vigorously against nuclear power because it is an unacceptable risk to the environment and to humanity. The only solution is to halt the expansion of all nuclear power, and for the shutdown of existing plants.

We need an energy system that can fight climate change, based on renewable energy and energy efficiency. Nuclear power already delivers less energy globally than renewable energy, and the share will continue to decrease in the coming years."

By renewable energy, they mean, among other alternatives such as solar and wave power, and wind energy, concerning which they present the following fatuous comments:

"Personally, we like the look of wind turbines. But then, when we look at them we see a stable climate, living coral reefs, polar bears that haven't become extinct, glaciers that haven't melted, costal cities without flooding, and a source of energy that will safely power millions of peoples lives without ruining millions of others...

Actually, the wind always blows somewhere (particularly off shore and at heights), so [the issue of the wind not always blowing in the same place] is largely irrelevant with a proper electrical grid to move power from one place to another. Modern power grids already transmit electricity over hundreds of kilometres, and cope with significant fluctuations in both demand and supply."