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nuclear energy and labour
trojan tv - 08.05.2004 17:35
nieuws van tour de france
> Nuclear energy and labour
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> Currently there is a large pressure on labour in most European countries.
> Unemployment is increasing and the politicians spread their rhetoric about
> work, work & work. It doesn't matter what you do as long as it is paid. A
> factory that constructs weapons of mass destruction also pays the wages of
> those employed. The nuclear industry uses the labour argument by telling
the
> public that nuclear power plants create many jobs and that switching to
> sustainable energy will mean less employment.
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> However, this argument is untrue, not only because sustainable energy
could
> employ more people (for the construction of wind power and nuclear power
> installations about the same amount of people are needed (25 per MW), but
> for the production of energy 2-3 times as many people are needed for wind
> energy compared to nuclear energy) but also because the complete cost of
> energy production should be considered, the cost of labour but also that
of
> the installation itself (and especially in case of nuclear power plants,
not
> to forget the dismantling!) The cost of the installation itself is
enormous
> compared to that of the labour cost in the case of nuclear energy. Because
> of this sustainable energy is much more interesting from an employment
> perspective.
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> An even more important aspect of sustainable energy installations is that
> they can be build in small units across the country. By decentralisation
of
> the energy production the exclusive monopoly position of large companies
is
> taken away and the energy production can take place in a more democratic
> way.
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> Source and more information :: www.amisdelaterre.org
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