“I am very pleased to announce today the upcoming launch of the report Zero Carbon Options – Seeking an economic mix for an environmental outcome. The report will be launched in Adelaide on December 5, and I need your help.”

We have all felt it. The frustration; that dumbfounded feeling as our country and our world drives full speed toward climate breakdown while fear and prejudice hold back our most potent and far-reaching solution.

What I have heard from many of you, over email or face to face, is this:

We understand this problem. We want to do something, urgently.

We now have the chance to make something happen.

I am very pleased to announce today the upcoming launch of the report Zero Carbon Options – Seeking an economic mix for an environmental outcome. The report will be launched in Adelaide on December 5. Tickets (free) are available here.

We need your help.

The value of this report will be tied to what we can do with it. Our first stage is to fund a major launch in Adelaide, capital of South Australia. We are seeking $6,680.

Please visit our fundraising site and make a pledge by clicking on the image below.

If we exceed this budget, we will promote this work much more extensively, beginning with videoing and editing the launch event, funding launch events in the other capital cities of Australia, and printing more copies of the report for distribution.

Only if we meet or exceed our target will the pledges come in. One dollar short and we get nothing! So just as important as making a pledge, please use the full extent of your networks, and the sharing tools available, to build awareness of the campaign. It is my sincere hope that the pro-nuclear community is connected and cohesive enough to recognise the value in this project and get behind it.

In a first-of-its-kind effort, this report will directly compare two very different zero-carbon generation options (hybrid renewable and nuclear) against one very specific task: the replacement of the Northern and Playford Coal fired power stations in northern South Australia.This report will build understanding of the benefits of nuclear power as an electricity generation option in Australia, and my intention is that this report will be a major talking point, and reference, for 2013 and beyond.

The solutions will be compared across 13 economic, environmental and social criteria:

Capital cost

Levelised cost of electricity

Greenhouse gas abatement

Land use

Water consumption

Material inputs

Operational waste

Job creation

Lifespan

Capacity factor

Reliability

Requirement for network enhancement

Existing global and national generating capacity

This report provides a chance to demonstrate the need and level of public support for a properly informed discussion on nuclear power.

It’s ready. Help us get it off the ground!

2 November update: 35% funded! Thanks to those who have made pledges. Please keep it coming, this is all or nothing fundraising!

5 November update: 50% funded! Over 50 tickets taken! Fantastic, keep it coming



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