Monday, 29 September 2008

The international green movement...


...will ultimately fall apart. Its disparate factions have already begun to tear away at each other, as zealots in any religion do. Their infighting will shatter the anti-capitalist, self hatred consensus that holds them together in a fragile peace...
Listen carefully, and the Pythonesque cries of "splitter" are clearly audible here...
The argument and division centres around nuclear energy. The German greens have already shown us that the fundamental wing cannot abide the realistic (pro-nuclear) faction.Finnish greens have entered into coalition with pro-nuclear parties (more here) and...
this from Mark Lynas of The Independent, and
this from James Lovelock ,
this from Environmentalists for Nuclear Energy,
.and much more, here...and
Energy spokesperson Moglen of Greenpeace believes support of nuclear power by environmentalists risks undermining the broader agenda of the green movement. "With all respect to [nuclear converts], they should not be held up as the middle, they should be held up as the periphery," said Moglen. "We should not be sidetracked into talking about nuclear. It's irreverent (sic)in the climate change debate."

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