Re: lochbaum's bio - yo susan g

[RuthWeiner@AOL.COM]

Some recent experiences I have had bear on this.  I travel a great deal around the U. S., and I frequently talk to my seat-mates on airplanes.  These people are generally middle-class folks, usually on business trips, and almost all with some college education.  They come from all parts of the U. S. and all walks of life: lawyers, regional sales managers, a couple of army non-commisioned officers, a music teacher, and so on.  Invariably when I tell them what I do, they are interested, ask good questions, do not seem particularly concerned about transportation of RAM, radwaste, Yucca Mountain, nuke plants, etc.  Their questions certainly indicate that they understand what I say, and none has compained that they don't understand, I am too technical, etc.  One lawyer even asked how I think nuclear power could be revived more quickly in the U. S.


OK, I am talking about fewer than 20 people.  But they seem far more representative of middle America than the organized anti-nuclear groups.  I believe my "airplane friends" are the sort of audience we need to target, rather than the people who go to hearings.


Just my two cents.


Ruth


Ruth Weiner, Ph. D.

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