tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post5925480467817881042..comments2024-03-07T02:00:01.582-05:00Comments on NEI Nuclear Notes: Paul Newman on Nuclear EnergyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-24946150002604400352008-10-12T18:42:00.000-04:002008-10-12T18:42:00.000-04:00I have always admired Paul Newman for putting his ...I have always admired Paul Newman for putting his money to work in such productive ways... His Newman's Own line is high quality stuff and the proceeds go to good causes, win-winAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-74397214856410516122008-10-09T12:51:00.000-04:002008-10-09T12:51:00.000-04:00I have never done any indiscriminate bashing of jo...I have never done any indiscriminate bashing of journalists. That is contrary to what some of them have done personally to me. I realize that, on the subject of nuclear power, there are two or three honest journalists. But the rest cannot be "bashed" because the wording that would be asserted to be "bashing" would actually be mild criticism when compared to the truth about them. My conclusions on this are based on decades of personal experience and research on what laughingly passes for "journalism" related to nuclear power and other technical and scientific subjects.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-13005487345222391922008-10-08T14:11:00.000-04:002008-10-08T14:11:00.000-04:00Okay guys, simmer down. As nuclear energy settles ...Okay guys, simmer down. As nuclear energy settles into being a ideologically neutral topic, overselling its pluses and minuses will become less important than addressing the issues that might impede its progress. <BR/><BR/>It may rankle to hear Obama talk about "safe" transport and storage of nuclear waste, but it's talk, and it's genuinely heartening to hear from the leader of the Democratic Party - Obama is the leading edge of the next generation of graybeards (which is what the Senate will always mostly be) and he is openly considering nuclear energy a necessary component of his energy policy. Speaks well for the party going forward.<BR/><BR/>We certainly prefer McCain's all-in expression of support, and think the nuclear industry can live up to it, but it's not quite so unusual coming from him and the Republicans. It's really Obama (and many who came before him - Patrick Moore, for example) who has moved the topic from a reliable conservative go-to topic and toward a post-ideological standing. <BR/><BR/>That's important, because it will end the stuttering progress nuclear energy suffers when government administrations change. (And at present, it looks like McCain or Obama will be working with a strengthened Democratic Congress and with his former rival returned to the Senate; energy policy might well be an area of common cause for them.)Mark Flanaganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15261889547342452468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-1813278569977906922008-10-07T11:52:00.000-04:002008-10-07T11:52:00.000-04:00You think maybe all this condescending, indiscrimi...You think maybe all this condescending, indiscriminate bashing of journalists in general as left-wing idiots by nuclear industry types might have something to do with it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-90463375106152623112008-10-07T09:14:00.000-04:002008-10-07T09:14:00.000-04:00JoffanI enjoyed your joke about the responsibility...Joffan<BR/>I enjoyed your joke about the responsibility of journalists "to transmit reliable information". I started laughing again as I typed this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-82600391296208916842008-10-06T19:24:00.000-04:002008-10-06T19:24:00.000-04:00I can list a number of left leaning or Democrat, p...I can list a number of left leaning or Democrat, pro-nuclear bloggers:<BR/><BR/>Dave Walters - Daily Koz<BR/>NNadir - Daily Koz<BR/>Rod Adams (me) - Atomic Insights<BR/>http://pronucleardemocrats.blogspot.com/<BR/>http://rightdemocrat.blogspot.com/<BR/><BR/>I like nuclear power because it offers the potential to give more power to the people - it completely breaks the paradigm of enormous fossil fuel controlling entities ruling the world.<BR/><BR/>It is also a great job generator, a terrific support mechanism for local governments and public schools and an amazing way to produce electricity without producing any air pollution or greenhouse gas emissions.<BR/><BR/>For many, many reasons, the left has more logical reasons for supporting nuclear power. I happen to believe that there are a large number of very reasonable and logical people who lean to the left side of the spectrum.<BR/><BR/>Rod Adams<BR/>Atomic Insights<BR/>The Atomic Show PodcastRod Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03652375336090790205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-21482358424987054952008-10-06T12:11:00.000-04:002008-10-06T12:11:00.000-04:00And what Stephanie Gutmann points out has always b...And what Stephanie Gutmann points out has always been my point. The anti-nukes are invariably democrats and if you elect Obama, you can kiss the nuclear rennaisance good bye. Academia, journalism, etc. are all full of left wing liberals and the very few who support nuke power are the oddities. The best bet is to support McCain whole hog and utterly defeat Obama.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-55166102291029620352008-10-06T09:19:00.000-04:002008-10-06T09:19:00.000-04:00SG again.no, no...Joffen, you misunderstood the po...SG again.<BR/><BR/>no, no...Joffen, you misunderstood the point of my comment. Bill Tucker and I are very pro-nuclear energy. Bill's been writing about this and studying it for years and last summer we toured Areva sites in France and were very impressed. I was just saying that I don't see the evidence that nuclear energy has become a "post ideological" issue. People seem as knee-jerk as ever on this issue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-7807431658093437882008-10-05T21:28:00.000-04:002008-10-05T21:28:00.000-04:00Journalists have been very slow to wake up from th...Journalists have been very slow to wake up from the anti-nuclear misinformation, especially given their responsibility to transmit reliable information. Perhaps this is due to the cognitive bias that attaches to deeply entrenched positions, especially incorrect positions that have been relied on for a number of years.<BR/><BR/>It will take some courage to shift away from that, and that courage is slowly emerging in the journalism community. I hope you can find that courage, Stephanie.Joffanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18025437863119781181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-62926039535464193892008-10-05T14:57:00.000-04:002008-10-05T14:57:00.000-04:00Hi, Stephanie Gutmann here.Has being pro-nuclear e...Hi, Stephanie Gutmann here.<BR/><BR/>Has being pro-nuclear energy really become "post ideological." That's actually really interesting (I'm not being snarky here) and maybe a subject for an article for in itself (I'm always scouting...)<BR/><BR/>Maybe in the scientific community, but certainly from where I'm sitting in the civilian/academic/journalism community anything to do with nuclear is as taboo as ever. A sure fire conversation ender. A sure fire way to ensure that the person you're talking to will think you're a maniac...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com