Tuesday, May 31, 2011

India Should invest in Renewable Energy Resources and Not Nuclear Power

Date: 31.05.2011,



Indian Doctors for Peace and Development (IDPD) while welcoming the decision of the German government to phase out nuclear power plants by 2022 has appealed to the Government of India to reconsider its policy on the nuclear power plants. The Inter Governmental Panel on Climate Change in its meeting of world renowned scientists held at Abu Dhabi on 5-8th May 2011 has said that "renewable energy could account for almost 80% of the world\'s energy supply within four decades - but only if governments pursue the policies needed to promote green power". The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the body of the world\'s leading climate scientists convened by the United Nations, said that if the full range of renewable technologies were deployed, the world could keep greenhouse gas concentrations to less than 450 parts per million, the level scientists have predicted will be the limit of safety beyond which climate change becomes catastrophic and irreversible.



According to Physicist Sowmya Dutta the world has potential for 17 terra watt nuclear energy, 700 terra watt wind energy and 86,000 terra watt of solar energy. Alternatives to nuclear energy are thousand times more abundant and million times less risky. To push nuclear plants after Fukushima is pure insanity.



Dr L S Chawla – President, Dr Arun Mitra – General Secretary and Dr Bharti Uppal – Finance Secretary have said that India has tremendous resources of renewable energy which can be used to meet our needs.


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