Climate change is unfolding more aggressively now than anybody expected. The results of the storms of the past year is going to be poor harvests in many parts of the world. There will be hunger starting this spring in many places, and if we don’t get some respite this summer, there will be vast famine in 2012. Even in the United States, we could see shortages in our grain supply.
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As US policy makers renew emphasis on the use of nuclear energy in their efforts to reduce the country’s oil dependence, other factors come into play. One concern of paramount importance is the seismic hazard at the site where nuclear reactors are located.
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