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Re: stop the madness
Apparently today's editors of Scientific American are not aware of what was
written in Scientific American in the past. Here is an excerpt from their
January 2002 "SA Perspectives": "Far from providing energy that's 'too
cheap to meter,' nuclear plants have been the most costly power operation."
Apparently the current editors don't want to let a few facts get in the way
of a dishonest opinion.
Don Kosloff dkosloff1@msn.com
2910 Main Street, Perry OH 44081
----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas E. Potter" <pottert@erols.com>
To: "RADSAFE" <radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>; "Kosloff Don"
<dkosloff1@EMAIL.MSN.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 10:46 PM
Subject: Re: stop the madness
> Those interested in who was saying what about the potential for
> nuclear power in the 50's should take note of a series of articles in
> Scientific American in the period 1948-54. These were collected in
> a book titled "Atomic Power," published by Scientific American in
> 1955. One article in the collection is "The Price Per Kilowatt-Hour,"
> by Sam Schurr, identified as the Director of the Energy and Mineral
> Resources Program of Resources for the Future, Inc., a "recently
> organized conservation group." In that article, Schurr describes a
> study of the economics of nuclear power by the Cowles Commission.
> He explains quite clearly how the commission determined that the
> minimum cost of electricity from a nuclear powered steam plant
> would be about 4 mills per kilowat-hour, well above the too-cheap-
> to-meter level.
>
> > From: "dkosloff1" <dkosloff1@email.msn.com>
> > To: "Jerry Cohen" <jjcohen@prodigy.net>, <Icnscp@AOL.COM>,
> > <radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>
> > Subject: Re: stop the madness
> > Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 12:49:56 -0500
> >
> > I have in front of me a microfilm copy of page 5 of the New York Times
>
> dated
> > September 17, 1954. It has the following article; this is the article
> > exactly as it appeared:
> >
> > Main Headline: ABUNDANT POWER
> > FROM ATOM SEEN
> >
> > Second Level Headline: It Will Be Too Cheap for Our Children to Meter,
>
> Strauss
> > Tells Science Writers
> >
> > Rear Admiral Lewis L. Strauss chairman of the Atomic Energy
> Commission,
>
> <snip>
>
> > I have several documents that indicate that AEC and "nuclear
> > industry" personnel were realistic about the costs of nuclear power, I
>
> would
> > like to have some records that support the contention that the the
> "nuclear
> > industry" ever promised that nuclear electricity would be "too cheap
> to
> > meter".
>
>
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