Solar or Nuclear for India
May 5, 2008 at 2:31 pm (Green Energy, Greening India)
Atanu looks at the global energy needs in the future and analyses the option of using solar or nuclear energy for India and concludes:
As far as I am concerned, the answer to the question–solar or nuclear–is a no-brainer. It has to be solar. Otherwise India is up the proverbial creek without a paddle.
Vikas said,
May 6, 2008 at 12:54 am
I agree that Solar Energy is a much better option than Nuclear Energy. But there is a lot of propaganda in favour of the Nuclear Energy. For more information check: http://indiaunbound.wordpress.com/2008/04/22/lies-damn-lies-statistics-nuclear-deal/
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