[Peace-discuss] Nuclear power?

[E. Wayne Johnson]

Sage should not be misconstrued with absinthe-minded professor...

C. G. Estabrook wrote:
> The author spends most of his article complaining about how unpleasant 
> Greens are to him, rather than presenting the argument that led to his 
> "Damascene conversion ... a month ago."  He relegates that to a 
> reference to "Prescription for the Planet, a new book by the American 
> writer Tom Blees."
>
> Timeo hominem unius libri ("I fear the man of one book") said Thomas 
> Aquinas. We've been hearing the science-has-made-nuclear-power-safe 
> argument since the Eisenhower administration, but very little about 
> the cui-bono argument.  The persecution should contest both points.  
> --CGE
>
> PS -- I appreciate your paying attention to my letter, Wormwood, but I 
> had less Lewis in mind than the bitter herb (parallel to Sage) that 
> some say is the translation of Chernobyl...
>
>
> John W. wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 12:28 PM, C. G. Estabrook <galliher at uiuc.edu 
>> <mailto:galliher at uiuc.edu>> wrote:
>>
>>     Did you read the article, Wormwood?
>>
>>
>> Yes, I did.  It said that advances in technology have rendered 
>> nuclear plants much safer than they used to be, even to the point of 
>> being able to use "spent" nuclear fuel that up to now we haven't 
>> known how to store or get rid of.
>>
>> Of course I have no independent scientific proof either for or 
>> against the author's claims.  I figured that Mort, being a physicist, 
>> might be a credible source.  But perhaps you have greater knowledge 
>> of things scientific, Screwtape?
>>
>> Wormy
>>
>>  
>>
>>     John W. wrote:
>>
>>
>>         On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 11:54 AM, C. G. Estabrook
>>         <galliher at uiuc.edu <mailto:galliher at uiuc.edu>
>>         <mailto:galliher at uiuc.edu <mailto:galliher at uiuc.edu>>> wrote:
>>
>>         'Persecution' seems to be just what the guy deserves.  --CGE
>>
>>
>>         Care to elaborate, O Sage One?
>>
>>
>>
>>         Morton K. Brussel wrote:
>>
>>
>>         For those on the list who are critics or distrustful of nuclear
>>         power
>>         generation, you might want to read this:
>>
>>         -- from the U.K. Sunday Times, last September.
>>
>>         
>> http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article4836556.ece
>>
>>
>>
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