Re: Too cheap . . .

["D. Kosloff" <dkosloff@ncweb.com>]

These quotes are mostly by people blaming someone else for their decisions.
None of them provide any evidence of promotion of "too cheap to meter".
Most people are very quick to find someone else to blame for their mistakes.
The ones who are the best and quickest at it are often called "leaders".

Overselling is what gets a new technology started.   It is not the same as
"promising power to cheap to meter".   Let the buyer beware.

Don Kosloff dksoloff@ncweb.com
2910 Main St. Perry OH

----- Original Message -----
From: <GlennACarlson@aol.com>
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> > Subj: Re: Too cheap . . .
> >  Date:    4/27/2000 10:49:32 PM Central Daylight Time
> >  From:    GlennACarlson
> >  To:  radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
> >  CC:  pottert@erols.com
> >
> >  From The Washington Post, May 7, 1979  --
> >
> >  "It has been some time now since we've heard the 'electricity too cheap
to
> > meter' refrain.  As early as 1975, Donald Cook, chairman of the board of
> > American Electric Power, the largest U.S. utility, was saying that 'an
> > erroneous conception of the economics of nuclear power' had sent U.S.
> > utilities 'down the wrong road."
> >
> >  From The Washington Post, July 9, 1980 --
> >
> >  "While defending Vepco's [Virginia Electric and Power Co.] heavy
reliance
> on
> > nuclear power, [Vepco Chairman T. Justin Moore Jr.] conceded the energy
> > source had fallen short of early expectations.  'In all candor, I think
> that
> > nuclear power was oversold a little bit to everybody,' said Moore, who
in
> the
> > past has been one of the courntry's most ardent nuclear advocates.
> >
> >  "In a luncheon meeting with reporters and editors at The Washington
Post,
> > Moore cited claims by early enthusiasts in the 1950s that
nuclear-generated
> > electricity would prove 'too cheap to meter' as one example.
> >
> >  "'It (nuclear power) was oversold by the military to industry,' said
> Moore.
> > 'The reactor makers like Westinghouse and General Electric oversold it
to
> us
> > to a certain extent . . . And utility executives myself included,
oversold
> it
> > to the public. . .'"
> >
> >
> >  In a message dated 4/27/2000 8:09:05 AM Central Daylight Time, writes:
> >  >
> >  >  I think this is a cheap shot, and strongly doubt that you can
provide
> >  >  evidence that the phrase, or even the idea behind it, was ever
promoted
> >  >  in any significant way by the nuclear industry as a whole, or even
> >  >  substantial parts of it.
> >  [snip]
> >  >
> >  >  >Whether an industry insider said it first or not, the nuclear
industry
> >  >  >adopted it as gospel.
> >  >  >
> >  >  >Glenn A. Carlson, P.E.
> >  >  >glennacarlson@aol.com
> >  >
> >  >
> >
>
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