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Re: pstd/Mobile Chernobyl
Excellent points, Tim!
By the way, while Norm is working on his response, let me make a prediction
about it: it will have a nice, folksy, friendly tone. And no substance.
I've got nothing against Norm personally, but every time a factual error or
distortion by the antis is pointed out, Norm gives us an "aw shucks" brush
off. (Of course, if we were as flippant about addressing concerns, the
antis would be...hmmm, let me guess... outraged?)
Point out that "Mobile Chernobyl" is a gross misrepresentation, and we get
a nod/wink/whats-a-little-exaggeration-among-friends response. Point out
that there may be negative health consequences to giving the antis what
they want, and we get a resounding....silence. It's not Norm's fault.
There really are no good responses the antis can give, except maybe that
they haven't done their homework, and they sure can't admit that.
By the way, has anyone else noticed the reversal of roles when it comes to
hyping sources of energy generation: It's now the so-called environmental
activists promoting their version of "energy too cheap to meter": the sun
is free, the wind is free, and harnessing them has no health or
environmental impacts, tra-la, tra-la. They used to say this about
hydropower, too, until some of them changed their minds when it was
implemented on a large scale.
Vincent King,
Idaho Falls
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If nuclear pwoer were SO bad,
then they could attack it on the merits alone without
resorting to the tactics they use.
Comments......Norm....?
Tim
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