The money quote of Greenbuild
From Bill McDonough’s keynote address at Greenbuild, the annual conference of the U.S. Green Building Council, taking place this week in Denver:
Recently I was asked to give a talk about sustainability at the White House to over 40 federal agencies. So I gave my talk and showed these slides, and afterwards I was asked, "Mr. McDonough, what do you think of nuclear power? A lot of environmentalists are now in favor of it because of concerns about global warming." And I said, oh, I like nuclear power. I’m a big fan of fusion. I think we should invest lots of money into nuclear power and consider using it for all our energy needs. And look—we’ve already got the perfect nuclear power plant. It’s 93 million miles away. It’s wireless. The construction costs are zero. Its operable lifetime is infinite. It’s right there. What are we waiting for?
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Posted by:Eric |December 18, 2006 4:34 PM
I heard McDonough's presentation at Greenbuild and was struck by the wittiness and appropriateness of the comment. I agree that we need to invest more money in true "nuclear power."
Posted by:Aphrodite Knoop |January 17, 2007 10:36 AM
Great response to the question
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