Everybody in the nuclear industry is familiar with the erroneous conclusion that since power plants emit
radiation it is dangerous. The problem is one of scale, or course. Exposure to radiation from a power plant
is minuscule, but non-zero, and that gets mathematically challenged people up in arms.
In a similar vein, it is true that adding CO2 to the atmosphere causes some global warming. Again, the
problem is one of scale. Herein, we will discuss the relevant unassailable physical laws and delve into the
numbers.
The Climate Constraint Equation cannot be used for predicting future climate; however, it provides
a constraint on models. It cannot tell what will happen, but it does tell what cannot happen. Any model
that results in an unbalanced equation is wrong, pure and simple.
Think of the cries of the anti-nuclear crowd that a fraction a millirad of radiation dose is dangerous.
Now think of the decades-long daily drumbeat telling us that everything bad can be attributed to “climate
change” and that you are responsible for destroying the planet. There are literally thousands of such claims
and all of them are false.
When that time comes, and it will, the proponents of nuclear power who got on the “climate change”
bandwagon to promote nuclear power at the expense of fossil-fuel power will be beset with claims that
“YOU LIED TO US!” The nuclear industry is in no need of such opposition.
