Film & Discussion

The Green Team presents a free Film & Discussion at Peace Dale Congregational Church

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“NUCLEAR NOW: TIME TO LOOK AGAIN”

Friday, January 12, 2024

5pm video showing

7pm panel discussion

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Join us at 5 pm to watch in the church sanctuary. After a break for snacks, we will have a discussion of the video with participants exploring both pros and cons of nuclear power plants.

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Special guests include;

• Dr. Peter Nightingale (URI Physics),

• Dr. Hamouda Ghonem (URI Mechanical Engineering).

 

The discussion will focus on questions and comments from the audience.

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You may also watch the video on your own (on PRIME, VUDU and some other outlets).

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Video Summary:

Nuclear Now is a 2022 documentary film, directed and co-written by Oliver Stone. The movie argues that nuclear energy is a solution needed to fight climate change because other renewable energies by themselves will not be sufficient in time for the planet to obtain carbon neutrality before climate change becomes irreversible.

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Stone advocates modern nuclear power as a safe source of energy that can replace fossil fuels and thereby help to fight climate change. He predicts a doubling or quadrupling of demand for electricity worldwide in the coming 30 years. To ensure sufficient low-carbon electricity, Stone suggests a mass-production of nuclear power plants. The script writers accuse the anti-nuclear movement of erroneously equating nuclear power with nuclear weapons and creating a primal fear against this form of energy. The writers furthermore imply that the oil and gas industry has been funding these campaigns.

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