Reaction Time (book)

2007 book by Ian Lowe

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Reaction Time

Author| Ian Lowe
Publisher| Quarterly Essay (Black Inc)

Publication date

| 2007
Pages| 129 pp.
ISBN| 978-1-86395-412-9
OCLC| 174110394

Reaction Time: Climate Change and the Nuclear Option is a book by Professor Ian Lowe which was officially launched by science broadcaster Robyn Williams at the Writers' Festival in Brisbane in September 2007. The book is about energy policy, and Lowe argues that nuclear power does not make sense on any level: economically, environmentally, politically or socially.[1]

## Themes

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Ian Lowe, AO, explains that energy is essential for civilised living, and says our energy-intensive lifestyle based on fossil fuels is unsustainable, and that he believes fundamental improvements must be made. In his book he says: "the nuclear option does not make sense on any level: economically, environmentally, politically or socially. It is too costly, too dangerous, too slow and has too small an impact on global warming."[1]

## Quote

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"Promoting nuclear power as the solution to climate change is like advocating smoking as a cure for obesity. That is, taking up the nuclear option will make it much more difficult to move to the sort of sustainable, ecologically healthy future that should be our goal."[2]

## Author

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Professor Lowe is the Emeritus professor of Science, Technology and Society at Griffith University and the former President of the Australian Conservation Foundation.[3]

## See also

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* Environment portal
* Energy portal
* Australia portal

* Anti-nuclear movement in Australia
* List of books about nuclear issues
* Renewable energy commercialization
* List of Australian environmental books
* Quarterly Essay

## References

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1. ^ a b Reaction time: climate change and the nuclear option
2. ^ Lowe, Ian (2007). Reaction time: climate change and the nuclear option, p. 19.
3. ^ Ian Lowe, Liam Black and Dean Skinner

## External links

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* Is nuclear the answer?

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Anti-nuclear movement in Australia

Organisations
and groups|

* The Australia Institute
* Australian Conservation Foundation
* Australian Greens
* Australian Labor Party
* Campaign Against Nuclear Energy
* Conservation Council of South Australia
* Friends of the Earth Australia
* Greenpeace Australia Pacific
* Kupa Piti Kungka Tjuta
* Medical Association for Prevention of War
* Mineral Policy Institute
* Nuclear Disarmament Party
* Peace Organisation of Australia
* The Wilderness Society

People|

* Dorothy Auchterlonie Green
* David Bradbury
* Bob Brown
* Eileen Kampakuta Brown
* Kevin Buzzacott
* Helen Caldicott
* Moss Cass
* Ian Cohen
* Michael Denborough
* Mark Diesendorf
* Jim Falk
* Peter Garrett
* Jim Green
* Margaret Holmes
* Jacqui Katona
* Sandra Kanck
* Ian Lowe
* Scott Ludlam
* Yvonne Margarula
* Dee Margetts
* Jean Melzer
* Kerry Nettle
* Tilman Ruff
* Nancy Shelley
* Jo Vallentine
* Patrick White
* Stuart White
* Eileen Wani Wingfield

Books|

* Britain, Australia and the Bomb
* Greenhouse Solutions with Sustainable Energy
* Maralinga: Australia's Nuclear Waste Cover-up
* Reaction Time: Climate Change and the Nuclear Option

See also|

* Australia and weapons of mass destruction
* Australian Uranium Association
* List of inquiries into uranium mining in Australia
* Lists of nuclear disasters and radioactive incidents
* Nuclear power in Australia
* Nuclear weapons tests in Australia
* Olympic Dam mine
* Ranger Uranium Environmental Inquiry
* Renewable energy commercialization
* Renewable energy in Australia
* Say Yes demonstrations
* Uranium mining in Australia
* Uranium mining in Kakadu National Park

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