Re: The Tooth Fairy project

[Norman & Karen Cohen <norco@bellatlantic.net>]

Lew,
UNPLUG Salem supports the re-hiring and/or retraining of any displaced workers. A
large workforce would be needed to decommission the plants anyway. Salem 1 and 2
were off-line for almost 3 years, and no one's TV shut off because of it. In
general, we support a phasing out of nuclear power, not an shutdown of every
plant tomorrow.
It is my understanding that blackouts occur mostly (oi here come the flames)
because of lack of tranmission capacity, not lack of energy to transmit. And, a
large workforce would be needed to build up solar, wind, and other
green/alternative sources of energy. I don't worry too much about stockholders,
only because anyone who buys stock knows there's a risk involved, but I do care
about workers, sick, and elderly.
So lets keep this civil, OK?
norm


OFFTOWY@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 8/14/2000 12:23:32 PM Eastern Daylight Time, PXM@nrc.gov
> writes:
>
> << Norm and Radsafe folks,
>
>  At the risk of asking a very naive question  (apologies to all if this has
> been asked before) :If the tooth fairy project is convinced that nuclear
> power plants are emitting Sr90 at such levels, why  do they not sample the
> water, air, soil and vegetation around  all nuclear power plants?   >>
>
> Well, one possible answer is that the search is for publicity, not the truth.
>  Norm has already told us that he spends much of his time coordinating
> campaigns to shut down his local nukes, while professing ignorance as to
> whether or not there is any real reason to do so.  As someone else has noted,
> the power goes out, real people die, and Norm and his ilk go about seeking
> some unspecified change to avoid some unproven or even impossible hazard.
> Makes good press Norm, but employees lose their jobs and homes, stockholders
> their money, and sick and elderly folks their lives while you fritter away in
> your self-righteous ignorance.  Sleep well tonight.
>
> Lew LaGarde
> offtowy@aol.com
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