RE: [MbrExchange] Re: NG blast (again)

[John Jacobus <crispy_bird@YAHOO.COM>]

Ted,

Good points.  And you could add the future world of

hydrogen.



--- Ted Rockwell <tedrock@CPCUG.ORG> wrote:

> You're missing the point, Bill.  What we object to

> is characterization of

> nuclear energy as a Faustian bargain--i.e. something

> so inherently dangerous

> that mere mortals are foolish to deal with it.   

> Why should a particular

> level of mortality from a nuclear accident warrant

> front-page coverage and

> annual commemoration, when repeated occurances of

> much greater public impact

> are accepted as the price we pay for the benefits? 

> Natural gas, and

> particularly liquid natural gas, is inherently

> capable of much greater

> public damage than any nuclear plant or fuel.  Coal

> makes even greater

> assaults on the environment.

> 

> The idea that nuclear power is uniquely and

> inescapably more dangerous than

> almost any other human activity is refuted by both

> science and history.  Of

> course, once that's conceded, there is little basis

> for insisting on

> Price-Anderson liability legislation and on much of

> the analysis of

> unrealistic safety scenarios.

. . .





=====

-- John

John Jacobus, MS

Certified Health Physicist

e-mail:  crispy_bird@yahoo.com



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