You may have already seen this but I wanted to draw attention to an excellent article on the Scientific American website about a recently-published study from NASA’s Goddard Institute authored by Pushker Kharecha and James Hansen (recognized as one of the founders of modern global warming science).
Originally published in the Environmental Science and Technology Journal, the study suggests that 1.8 million lives have been saved by replacing fossil fuel sources with nuclear and goes on to estimate that up to 7 million lives would be saved in the next four decades, along with substantial reductions in carbon emissions, if nuclear power replaced fossil fuel usage on a large scale.
Of additional interest is the fact that the study finds the proposed expansion of natural gas would not be as effective in saving lives and preventing carbon emissions.
Read the article, it’s definitely worth a few minutes of your time. There’s so much misinformation spread by a generally anti-nuclear media that it is refreshing to see such respected academics and scientists step forward with the facts.
Dev Randhawa, CEO of Fission Uranium Corp.
