Re: background vs man-made emmissions[sic] Thread -Questions for Cohen

[RadiumProj@cs.com]

I would like to see Norman Cohen's thoughts having studied history at the 
graduate level and psychology as he notes about the issue of whether nation's 
have ever gone to war over energy supply or are likely to do so in the 
future? Does he see this as part of the health and safety impact of any given 
fuel cycle?

Does he see any relationship between the US defending its' own and other 
nations'  [like Japan] uninterupted supply of oil and our actions in the 
Middle East where we sent a few thousand Marines into Beiruit [where several 
hundred died in an attack], and hundreds of thousands to protect Saudi Arabia 
[and our?? oil] all at huge economic and human costs?

Does he feel any concern that millions of people starved to death in  Africa 
in the late 1970s to 1980s because oil prices skyrocketed due to the excess 
demand by Western industrialized nations [who could have developed nuclear 
energy to displace many used for oil in their economies] and this priced 
poorer nations out of the market for oil to use in agriculture for fertilizer 
and to power machinery like tractors to grow food?  Should these kinds of 
legitimate impacts on the health of millions due to energy supply allocation 
issues be considered by environmental activist groups are are can they be 
accused of being dishonest with their supposed concern for the health and 
safety of others?

I am not asking these questions rhetorically. I would greatly appreciate 
hearing from Norman Cohen to understand why issues like those raised above 
are ignored by activist groups like STAR who focus only on making some 
largely specious claims, about minute radiation exposures from one 
contributor to the overall radiation exposure of the population, based upon 
some very poor science?

Stewart Farber, MS Public Health
email: radiumproj@cs.com

Also 
In a message dated 5/1/00 10:07:25 AM Eastern Daylight Time, PXM@nrc.gov 
writes:

<< Hi Norm,
    Just a quick question... what are the safer forms of energy production 
that you would like to see implemented in this country?    
         thanks!
                Patricia Milligan Sullivan, CHP
                pxm@nrc.gov
 
 
 
 >>> Norman & Karen Cohen <norco@bellatlantic.net> 04/29 8:22 PM >>>
 Hi Sandy
 
 I can't give you a yes/no answer. I think that there is some validity to the 
Tooth
 Project's theories. I'm not a scientist, that should be evident by now 
(psych BA,
 History MA), so I can't argue all the fine points with you, tho' I give it 
my best
 shot. >>
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