>Dixie Lee Ray wrote a book about some of this and presented a
>positive view of nuclear energy. She seems to be part of a
>group who still believe the future is nuclear. As best i can
>tell it is based on the belief that all the problems can be
>solved and science is the all powerful tool. This group
>usually accepts continued growth and possible space travel to
>run away from earth's problems. Personally, i find this to
>be fantasy. As our culture tries to separate from nature
>they believe in their power to control the future.
I had forgotten about this book. If I remember correctly it was about the
time of the TMI problems and the industry needed apologists. It was a very
well written fluff piece that almost used the "too cheap to meter"
matra. Her point is that if we rush headlong into building as many plants
as possible as soon as possible, we could turn our back on OPEC.
She answered problems of nuclear power by saying that there is no problem
that cannot be solved by engineering. This is true but at what cost?
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