<div dir="ltr"><p>Subject: Quarreling Over Which Energy Sources To Use To Generate Electricity Is A Distraction.<br></p><p><br></p><p>I have another thought on this whole discussion about ending nuclear
power generation of electricity. If you take the possible effects of net
CO2 emissions that would occur if the world switched over to 100%
organic agriculture, this whole discussion about which energy sources to
use for generating electricity could be seen as a distraction from the
real issue. For a discussion of this issue I invite you to view Thom
Hartmann's latest episode of The Big Picture, available on <span class="">Youtube here:</span></p><div class=""><p> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gnhm4gXoAYI" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gnhm4gXoAYI</a></p>
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According to the person he interviewed on that episode, if we switched
to 100% organic agriculture, we would end up sequestering 100% of a
year's emissions of CO2. Since the USDA standard for switching from
labeling your crop from conventional to "organic" is to let your fields
lie fallow for 3 years without applying pesticides, the maximum length
of time this should take to accomplish, if we get cracking now
everywhere, is only 3 years.</p><p> John Thielking</p></div></div>