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RE: Nuclear Waste, Science, & Politics
Two comments, if I may. This argument is the same reason insurance
companies settle automobile and medical law suits. It is based on taking
the road of least resistance. A company in the business of making money for
its stockholders is not going to use resources fighting in a court if it
cost too much. Win or lose.
Second, opinion polls are just that. They do not represent action.
(Consider that half to the eligible adults in the country register to vote,
and only half of them actually vote. Yet, the majority of people respond to
pollsters.) Writing and visiting legislatures will always make a bigger
impact. The American Institute of Physics has a nice program on lobbying
Congress at http://www.aip.org/gov/ .
-- John
John Jacobus, MS
Certified Health Physicist
3050 Traymore Lane
Bowie, MD 20715-2024
E-mail: jenday1@email.msn.com (H)
-----Original Message-----
From: Brent Rogers [mailto:brentsrogers@hotmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 9:13 AM
To: Jacobus, John (OD/ORS); radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu
Subject: RE: Nuclear Waste, Science, & Politics
Here's how I explain it. The people that are against nuclear power (be they
minority, or whatever) have the necessary political savvy to stall and delay
the process for getting them built. The electric utilities have experienced
this, and know they have to build lawsuits & court ordered delays into their
balance sheet when deciding if building a Nuke is fiscally smart.
I'd be interested in seeing a breakdown of all the factors in the price per
kw-hr for the different types of electrical production. I'd wager thatthe
cost of fighting lawsuits and court-ordered delays is significant for nukes.
-Brent
brentsrogers@hotmail.com
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