[Peace-discuss] Nuclear power?

[C. G. Estabrook]

Absinthe makes my heart grow no fonder of nuclear energy companies, e.g., Tim
Johnson's major corporate sponsor, Exelon.  --CGE


E. Wayne Johnson wrote:
> 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