Re: Motives

[Vincent.King@DOEGJPO.COM (Vincent King)]

     Radsafers,
     
     I strongly second this opinion.
     
     If Norm is an intelligent individual, which he certainly sounds 
     based on his postings, he has built the foundation for his opinions 
     over a long period of time. Only the shallowest toss out their 
     convictions overnight and without reflection. To think that the 
     information from the few HUNDRED Radsafe postings over the last 
     week can even be assimilated in such a short period is ridiculous 
     (I still have almost a hundred messages from the last two days that 
     I haven't read).
     
     Worse yet, some of us seem to suffer from the same pseudo-religious 
     zeal of which we accuse others, as if one or two of our own pithy 
     responses should be enough to get Norm & others to 'convert' to the 
     'truth' as soond as we hit the 'send' button. Hey, if Norm never 
     changes his mind, that's his business. 
     
     On an unrelated note, regarding the recent postings on radioactive 
     "waste", remember that one person's trash is another's treasure. 
     What would we have if EVERY easily accessible uranium atom was 
     fissioned in a power plant (including U-238 atoms converted to 
     plutonium and then fissioned as well)?  We would have:
     
     (1) relatively short-lived radioactive decay products (many of 
     which are useful resources themselves),
     
     (2) no more plutonium (and therefore no more proliferation 
     concerns), and
     
     (3) thousands of years of energy that created no carbon dioxide in 
     the process (for those who are concerned with carbon dioxide 
     generation).
     
     Food for thought.
     
     Vincent King
     vincent.king@doegjpo.com


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Subject: Motives
Author:  Holloway3@aol.com at Internet
Date:    4/30/00 7:47 PM


Franz,

Give Norm Cohen a little more time.  He has a lot of misinformation to 
unlearn. I have had a private email from him indicating that at least some of 
the information that he is picking up here is making an impression.  It is 
easy for anyone to assume that the motives of the opposition are not pure but 
I am sure you would be offended if someone thought your motives were less 
than honorable.  Some very intelligent people have views similar to Norm's 
and hopefully better information will replace that which is mistaken.  It is 
easy for many readers of this list to see how silly are the claims of 
Mangano,  Gould and Sternglass but it is much harder for the general public 
to correctly understand the situation.  The general public has not had the 
benefit of years of study and struggle with these facts, as have the typical 
readers of this list.  It is much harder for me to understand how Gould and 
Sternglass can arrive at their conclusions.  The only way I can explain it is 
that in every profession, there is probably a bottom one percent who are 
incompetent.  
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