James Lovelock, author of the Gaia hypothesis, and hero of greens and environmentalists everywhere, has shocked his admirers by coming out in support of nuclear energy. It is, he argues, the best hope for avoiding a global warming catastrophe.
So are the greenies having a careful rethink and rational debate on the issues? Well, what do you think? ‘More in sorrow than in anger’, they are chiding Lovelock for letting the side down. Maybe next they will suggest sending him for ‘re-education’ in the countryside.
Not that I am an enthusiast for Gaia – I think Richard Dawkins’s critique in The Extended Phenotype is crushing – but I must admire Lovelock for going against the environmental mafia.
Posted by David B at 03:54 AM