[ RadSafe ] Solar radiation, global warming and HP future employment

[Dan W McCarn]

Hi Jerry & Franz:

 

This is not a "new" issue, although the recent events seem to have brought
it front and center due to politics and economics of CO2 emissions.  Around
1985, I traveled to NCAR (National Center for Atmospheric Research) in
Boulder to "gather" information about atmospheric CO2 / global warming
models / GCM (General Circulation Model) during a home leave from the IAEA.
At the time, the models were pretty indeterminate since the flux of CO2 into
oceans was not easily measured and a satellite was in the works to measure
flux. So, folks at the IAEA (at least) were quite aware of the potential for
global warming, CO2 emissions and the "clean/green" aspects of nuclear since
the mid 80s.

 

And, lieber Franz, I've found the recent posts about climate to be quite
interesting!

 

Regards! Mit freundlichem Glückauf!

 

Dan ii

 

Dan W McCarn, Geologist

Houston and Albuquerque (and sometimes Leoben & Vienna)

 

-----Original Message-----
From: radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl [mailto:radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl] On Behalf
Of Jerry Cohen
Sent: Friday, May 04, 2007 19:19
To: howard long; Franz Schönhofer; 'Otto G. Raabe'; 'Dukelow, James S Jr';
'Kai Kaletsch'; 'Radsafe'
Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Solar radiation,global warming and HP future
employment

 

I don't know! This whole business of trying to counter anti-nuclear hysteria


with global warming hysteria seems very disturbing. I don't mean to preach, 

but I have always believed that two wrongs do not make a right----no matter 

how worthy the cause may be.    Jerry Cohen

 

 

 

----- Original Message ----- 

From: "howard long" <hflong at pacbell.net>

To: "Franz Schönhofer" <franz.schoenhofer at chello.at>; "'Otto G. Raabe'" 

<ograabe at ucdavis.edu>; "'Dukelow, James S Jr'" <jim.dukelow at pnl.gov>; "'Kai 

Kaletsch'" <eic at shaw.ca>; "'Radsafe'" <radsafe at radlab.nl>

Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 5:02 PM

Subject: [ RadSafe ] Solar radiation, global warming and HP future 

employment

 

 

> Dear Franz,

>  "What does global warming have to do with health physics?"

> 

>  Nuclear power expansion needs support from the (erroneous) belief

>  that CO2 (not produced from nuclear power plants like carbon fueled ones)

>  is causing future disaster from global warming.

> 

>  Nuclear is now "GREEN"!

>  We need all the political support we can get!

> 

>  Howard Long

> 

> 

> Franz Schönhofer <franz.schoenhofer at chello.at> wrote:

>  Reading a large number of recent messages to RADSAFE one could get the

> impression that this is a list for climatologists. What has the solar

> cycles, the solar hot spots etc to do with "radioactivity" - unless 

> dealing

> with the production of C-14, which is not mentioned in any single message?

> 

> Additionally I would like to remind that there is a fierce - and almost

> always justified!!!! - outcry, when persons from outside the 

> "radioactivity

> circle" make comments about RADSAFE topics. Probably it is the case vice

> versa?

> 

> On top of this reasoning I believe that a correlation between two facts 

> does

> not prove anything, as well as the fact of the advent of storks does not

> prove to be the reason for an increase of births.........

> 

> Leave global warming to those dealing with it professionally. I would 

> wish -

> what an unrealistic wish - that those illiterate in radioactivity and

> nuclear matters would leave those to (real) experts in this field!

> 

> Best regards,

> 

> Franz

> 

> Franz Schoenhofer, PhD

> MinRat i.R.

> Habicherg. 31/7

> A-1160 Wien/Vienna

> AUSTRIA

> 

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