Public Opinion & Nuclear Project --Re: AW: [ RadSafe ] Asbury Park Press on Mangano's press conference

[Mercado, Don]

John Jacobus wrote:

>Do you think that any opinions have been changed by
those who subscribe to RADSAFE?<

Actually, yes. Mine has. I've changed my opinions on several issues
after watching and reading the debates on RADSAFE. LNT for one.   

>How often are the same subjects discussed on this list
and do not "filter" to the public?<

I filter my RADSAFE backed opinions to the public every day. I have a
pro-nuclear power poster I made up on the back window of my truck. I
have a file of well referenced Radsafe postings in there too that I can
refer to or hand out if necessary when discussing it with someone in a
Safeway parking lot. Comes in handy when I'm in Santa Cruz, San
Francisco or Mendocino. 

>So, what have you done with all this informaton you
learned?  Do you speak to the public or respond to
news articles, or attend public meetings held by
Mangano, etc.  When you do, report about what was
accomplished.<

At least once a year I go to local high schools and do pro-radiation
lectures and promote nuc power. The kids and teachers invariably tell me
they had no idea nuc power had so many positive attributes and
"alternate" power sources had so many drawbacks. Sadly, they gain their
knowledge and opinions from reading the popular press.