Dev Randhawa on Pandora’s Promise

“It’s not every day that two of the richest men in the world decide to back a documentary film – Pandora’s Promise – that takes on a topic that has long been an environmental taboo.”

That’s the opening line of an article by Forbes’ journalist Kerry Dolan writing about a new documentary called Pandora’s Promise directed by Robert Stone. The article looks at why Stone, who some years ago was against nuclear energy, decided to make the film and why people like Paul Allen (Microsoft co-founder) and Richard Branson (Virgin Group founder) decided to back it.

The article on Pandora’s Promise is well worth reading but what I really liked were some of the comments posted. Ken Silverstein, a regular contributor to Forbes and the editor-in-chief for Energy Central’s EnergyBiz Insider rounded off his comment with this: “The question is how to provide reliable electricity in the cleanest possible fashion. The question is NOT how would we like to provide electricity in the cleanest possible fashion.”

Ken understands the situation the world is in. The world is demanding more and more electricity (est. 76% increase by 2030). We have to meet that demand and we have to slash carbon emissions – there is NO other choice. Regardless of Fukushima, Nuclear energy is clean, reliable and has very low operating costs. The world is well beyond being able to put aside the facts. Nuclear energy has a large and growing role to play or else the lights are going to go out.

You can find the movie website here.

Dev Randhawa