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Claude Allègre, geochemist and former French minister

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Claude Allègre is a geochemist as well as a politician, serving as French education minister at the end of the 1990s. He has attracted much criticism for saying that global warming is not man-made. Now he's in hot water again, because of his new book, entitled "Should we be afraid of nuclear power?"

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i think this man is kind of

by Anonyme - 22/05/2011 - 00:47

i think this man is kind of right.when oil is on its way to finish our only one option for the moment is nuclear power.the disaster in japan was caused by the tsunami because i think if there was not the tsunami they don't have any problem using the nuclear power.

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