Re: FW: - Climate Change Hearings and the roll(?) of nuclear power

[William Prestwich <prestwic@MCMAIL.CIS.MCMASTER.CA>]

Here are my two cents worth. I don't believe there is unequivocal evidence

that global warming is necessarily occurring due to man made CO2

production, or that it is even actually a long term trend. I do believe

however, that the evidence that the fractional CO2 content in the

atmosphere is increasing is very strong, and this is most likelt due to

human activity. Since this is the only atmosphere we have, I believe we

should not be too dismissive with regard to potential deleterious

effects as yet not considered or understood in such a complex system. In

other words, whether global warming theories are correct or not, a change

in the composition of our atmosphere is not to be taken lightly. To the

extent that the use of nuclear power generation alleviates the problem, I

think the argument is valid.

Bill Prestwich





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