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In considering appropriate responses to the problem of global climate change, I would like to suggest three key points:
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Prudence calls for making vigorous efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, with the initial burden perforce falling on the industrialized countries. This point is somewhat controversial.
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The reduction of the use of fossil fuels is central to addressing the problem of greenhouse gas emissions. This is not very controversial.
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In implementing future energy policies, it is a mistake to neglect the expansion of nuclear power, along with conservation and solar power. The nuclear issue is so controversial that it sometimes is ignored as being too controversial to address.
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Bodansky, D. (1992). Energy Policy: Insurance against the Unknown. In: White, J.C. (eds) Global Climate Change. Environmental Science Research, vol 45. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-2161-4_21
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