According to Arthur, Carbon Ommisions have gone up as the use of Coal has decreased, and there is only enough Uranium at the moment to last us 50 years:
ENVIRONMENT
THE PUBLIC IS BEING MISLED BY SO-CALLED EXPERTS WHO CLAIM THAT CLIMATE CHANGE IS CAUSED PRIMARILY BY CO2 EMISSIONS FROM COAL-FIRED POWER STATIONS.
THE REALITY IS VERY DIFFERENT. FOR EXAMPLE, THE DESTRUCTION OF A RAINFOREST THE SIZE OF EUROPE RELEASES THOUSANDS OF TONNES OF CO2 AND REMOVES THE TREES WHICH CAPTURE CO2 AND EMIT OXYGEN. ENVIRONMENTALISTS, WHILST WELL-MEANING, ARE MISGUIDED. THE DESTRUCTION OF TREES AND PLANTS RESULTS IN 20% OF ALL CO2 EMISSIONS WORLDWIDE.
THE SO-CALLED EXPERTS HAVE TO EXPLAIN WHY EMISSIONS FROM POWER STATIONS HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE AND NOT THE DECREASE PROJECTED IN CO2 BETWEEN 1993 AND 2007.
IN 1993, THE UK WAS SUBJECTED TO A SECOND MASSIVE PIT CLOSURE PROGRAMME WITHIN 10 YEARS AND A SWITCH FROM COAL-FIRED ELECTRICITY GENERATION TO GAS-FIRED ELECTRICITY GENERATION.
THIS POLICY WHICH ITS SUPPORTERS CLAIM WOULD (a) BE MORE ECONOMIC AND (b) REDUCE DRAMATICALLY THE EMISSION OF CARBON DIOXIDE (CO2) HAS HAD THE OPPOSITE EFFECT.
IN 1993, POWER STATIONS PRODUCED 171.7 MILLION TONNES OF (CO2*), YET IN 2007, POWER STATIONS PRODUCED 180.2 MILLION TONNES OF CO2, 8.5 MILLION TONNES MORE OR AN INCREASE OF 5% IN 14 YEARS.
NEW COMBINED CYCLE GAS-FIRED POWER STATIONS PRODUCE 40% LESS CO2 THAN CONVENTIONAL COAL-FIRED POWER STATIONS BUT THESE FIGURES ARE NOT MERELY MISLEADING, THEY AMOUNT TO A MONUMENTAL LIE.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF THE UK WAS TO CONSTRUCT NEW COMBINED CYCLE COAL-FIRED POWER STATIONS EQUIPPED WITH NEW TECHNOLOGIES SUCH AS CARBON CAPTURE THEN A COAL-FIRED POWER STATION EQUIPPED WITH CARBON CAPTURE WOULD REDUCE CO2 EMISSIONS BY MORE THAN 90%!
CARBON CAPTURE DOES WORK. FOR EXAMPLE, A PILOT SCHEME IN CARLIFORNIA CAPTURES 800 TONNES OF CO2 PER DAY AND IT IS REASONABLE TO ASSUME THAT A 500 MW COAL-FIRED POWER STATION COULD BE CONSTRUCTED WITH A CARBON CAPTURE CAPACITY WHICH WOULD REDUCE UK POWER STANTION CO2 EMISSIONS BY OVER 90%.
THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW COMBINED CYCLE COAL-FIRED POWER STATIONS WITH CARBON CAPTURE CAN BE A REALITY WITHIN 5 YEARS PROVIDED GOVERNMENTS WILL COMMIT THE FINANCE NECESSARY TO ACHIEVE THIS OBJECTIVE.
THE ALTERNATIVE IS NUCLEAR MADNESS WITH NUCLEAR POWER STATIONS - WHICH WILL TAKE 15 YEARS TO CONSTRUCT - AT A COST INCLUDING DECOMMISSIONING 400% HIGHER THAN THE COST OF A COAL-FIRED POWER STATION.
EQUALLY IMPORTANT, HOWEVER, IS THE FACT THAT BRITAIN’S INDIGENOUS GAS SUPPLY IS VIRTUALLY EXHAUSTED AND WE WILL HAVE TO IMPORT 90% OF OUR GAS WITHIN 5 YEARS.
OUR OIL RESERVES ARE VIRTUALLY EXHAUSTED AND WITHIN 10 YEARS WE WILL BE IMPORTING 80% OF OUR OIL.
URANIUM - THE FUEL FOR NUCLEAR POWER - WILL EXHAUST WORLDWIDE IN 50 YEARS.
IN 2007, CO2 EMISSIONS EMANATED FROM THE FOLLOWING FUELS/SOURCES:
GAS 193.79 MILLION TONNES (35.62%)
OIL 184.9 MILLION TONNES (34.00%)
COAL 150.5 MILLION TONNES (27.68%)
NON FUEL 14.5 MILLION TONNES (2.66%)
THE PROPORTIONS OF GREENHOUSE BASES WHICH ARE THE CAUSE OF THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT ARE: CARBONDIOXIDE 70%; METHANE 23% AND NITROUS OXIDE 7%. METHANE IS 23 TIMES MORE POTENT AS A GREENHOUSE GAS THAN CO2 AND NITROUS OXIDE IS 296 TIMES MORE POTENT THAN CO2 OVER A PERIOD OF YEARS.
IT CAN BE SEEN THAT 378.69 MILLION TONNES OF CO2 OR 70% OF CO2 IS PRODUCED BY GAS AND OIL AND ONE HAS TO ASK THE QUESTION WHY ARE THE ENVIRONMENTALISTS NOT TARGETING THE REAL CULPRITS SUCH AS ROAD TRANSPORT, GAS USE, INCLUDING POWER STATIONS, INDUSTRY AND DOMESTIC USAGE?
NUCLEAR POWER IS NOT AN OPTION - - IT IS EXPENSIVE AND IS THE MOST DANGEROUS POWER SOURCE EVER INVENTED. THE RATE OF CANCER AND LEUKAEMIA IN AND AROUND NUCLEAR STATIONS - - PARTICULARLY FOR CHILDREN - - IS 10% HIGHER THAN IN THE GENERAL POPULATION.
SAFETY
THE DISASTERS AT WINDSCALE IN 1957, THREE-MILE ISLAND IN 1979 AND CHERNOBYL IN 1986 WILL RESULT IN THE DEATHS OF BETWEEN 100,000 AND 200,000 - - - - THESE FIGURES ARE NOT A FIGMENT OF MY IMAGINATION.
DR ROBERT GALE PREDICTED OVER 100,000 DEATHS FROM CHERNOBYL ALONE AND RICHARD WEBB PREDICTED THAT UP TO 280,000 WOULD DIE OVER A 30 - 40 YEAR PERIOD FROM THE CHERNOBYL DISASTER.
URANIUM
IN THE PAST 158 YEARS, OVER 100,000 MINERS WORLDWIDE HAVE DIED IN THE COAL-MINING INDUSTRY. COMPARE THIS UNACCEPTABLE FIGURE WITH THE PROJECTED DEATH RATE OF BETWEEN 100,000 AND 280,000 WHO WILL DIE AS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE CHERNOBYL DISASTER IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION IN 1986.
THESE FIGURES DO NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIED AS A RESULT OF RADIATION CONTAMINATION FROM MINING URANIUM OR THE NUMBERS OF WORKERS IN THE NUCLEAR INDUSTRY WHO HAVE DIED AND NUMBERS OF PEOPLE IN THE GENERAL POPULATION IN AND AROUND NUCLEAR STATIONS WHO HAVE DIED AS A RESULT OF RADIATION CONTAMINATION.
TODAY, THE LEVEL OF RADIATION AT THE DISCHARGE PIPES AT SELLAFIELD INTO THE IRISH SEA IS 56 TIMES HIGHER THAN THE RADIATION LEVEL IN THE UNITED STATES’ ATOMIC TESTING AREA IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN.
http://www.socialist-labour-party.org.uk/upto_date_news_and_comment_can_b.htm
Another slp:
http://www.slp-energy.com/default.asp
patriotic lot, too, aren't they. 
