Re: "Anti-nuke clamor"

["Jerry Cohen" <jjcohen@prodigy.net>]

Ruth, Barbara et al,
    I appreciate your comments on my rant and I agree that there will always
be jobs available for good scientists;  even for those who may be so so.
    What I lament however, is the billions of dollars along with much talent
and other resources that have been squandered in the past 40 years pursuant
to the spate of environmental laws and regulations that have been adopted
during this period. I regret all the time and effort wasted on environmental
impact studies that might actually have been spent doing creative and
productive science.
    Maybe I am wrong, but can anyone cite examples of really dire
consequences that have been averted as a result of these legally required
environmental impact studies?  What  have we got to show for all the time,
talent, and money that has been spent?




-----Original Message-----
From: BLHamrick@aol.com <BLHamrick@aol.com>
To: Multiple recipients of list <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
Date: Friday, August 04, 2000 11:30 PM
Subject: Re: "Anti-nuke clamor"


>In a message dated 08/04/2000 8:46:42 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
>ruth_weiner@email.msn.com writes:
>
><< Personally, I'm kind of sorry I responded.  The argument "the anti-nukes
>are
> responsible for creating your job ... no they aren't ... yes they are ...
no
> they aren't ...yes they are ..." is hardly constructive or enlightening.
>>
>
>I would tend to agree, but can't help but add that for those who are
>creative, hard-working, and reasonably intelligent, there are more
>opportunities in this world for success than failure, and whether nuclear
>power re-establishes itself in this country, or is snuffed out like a
candle,
>there will be plenty of jobs for good, solid scientists.
>
>Barbara L. Hamrick
>BLHamrick@aol.com
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