MMS should see the alternatives than be so obsessive. He can leave on other grounds but certainly not on a deal that is patently not in our interests. Even if we sign on the dotted line, the deal is not going to solve our energy problems. At most it can provide 20% of our requirements and the plants will take over ten years to run. Obviously MMS is not advised properly about the whole issue.
Uranium is following oil and what will be the cost down the road? The capital cost is huge while uranium is cheaper at the moment. But, with 1000 plants proposed by PM Brown, uranium will prove elusive.
The whole world is thirsting for renewables like solar, wind etc. Germany is at the cutting edge of solar energy research and many auto makers especially Japan are in the forefront in improving fuel efficiency. A break-through will come much before the nuclear plants can run.
We should collaborate with others on the harmless renewables than compromise our security & dignity on a lop-sided deal, unless MMS can open-up what is so great about the deal he is so obsessed about (has he signed it?). Bush is already past and the future President will have his own agenda where we can think afresh & negotiate.
We should just stop flogging the dead horse and look at the greater opportunities that lie ahead. Let us join others on a non-controversial, fossil free, future based on renewables.
MMS should spend his time on other less contoversial but more important issues.
RE:Why is it that important?
by Halum on Jun 24, 2008 02:51 PM Permalink
exactly..the alternative energy sources is the best option...MMS should think of setting up more research laboratories to solve that issue..instead of becoming a chamcha of US
RE:Why is it that important?
by shiva on Jun 24, 2008 03:14 PM Permalink
Halum, Problems make our life exciting. Solving them give us a high. This generation has to grapple with a feeding frenzy on resources as new boys are growing up with enormous appetite. China has no qualms with consuming like uncle sam, though we are moderate in our expectations.
Renewable energy is the name of the game. We should cut the umbilical cord from fossil fuels. We have to grow up. One way is solving the problem when oil shoots up. Gazpom president Miller is predicting $250 oil. That will make solar cheap. Let us just take his word for it and once solar energy is commercialised, that will solve the problem. Remote villages can be grid free and even feed the excess to the grid! It is harmless and ever renewable. Israel has a plant that tilts towards the sun so that maximum production is possible.
In the automobile field, fuel efficiency is the order of the day. Within two years almost all who matter are putting up hybrids, plug-ins. Even a Japanese company is tying up with the majors on running on water, even sea-water. When you go dry, fill up with one liter of water and go another 60kms. Maybe we can use our own if some privacy can be assured! So drink water and run the car!
With such possibilities it is plain suicide to sign on a deal that is alcatraz, guantanamo combined. We are bartering away our future to be second class forever, while others will just thumb their nosses at our stupidity. Let us even starve than become such no-hoppers.
RE:Why is it that important?
by Hemant Kumar on Jun 24, 2008 02:57 PM Permalink
You put it rather well and seem informed on the subject. An additional point against the deal is the environmentally hazardous effects of nuclear fuel esp in case of accidents and in the face of terrorists who reside in our ranks. Our nuclear plants would be sitting ducks for a terrorist attack and given the lackadaisical attitude of indian poeople towards security of any kind, the deal with its 100 plants could be a recipe for unmitigated disaster.
