tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post2992542667045821570..comments2023-04-07T05:19:44.951-04:00Comments on Yes Vermont Yankee: This Thursday: Shaffer and Gundersen Panel about Pilgrim PlantMeredith Angwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02737538041807740424noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-10492418434565810172012-04-01T09:03:22.297-04:002012-04-01T09:03:22.297-04:00"Finally, I think you met us both at the Gree..."Finally, I think you met us both at the Green Bag Lunch at the American Nuclear Society Winter Meeting. I could be wrong, though..."<br /><br />Alas, I haven't met you or any members of the nuclear blogs in person yet. Last time I touched Vermont was passing thru to Montreal forty years ago ;). You raise a great point of why can't the nuclear industry/unions help foot the debate travel expenses for grass-roots soldiers in the trenches carrying the PR water for them. Their yearly coffee budgets would likely cost more. Maybe we should knock on their doors with a cup; after all, we're out here doing what benefits them!<br /><br />Howard's fine features impresses me enough to wonder why can't there be an on-going YouTube nuclear rebuttal roundtable feature starring him and Rod and Will and Dan and you ("The Dragonslayers!") taking down the latest weekly anti-nuclear assertions and poisonous rumors to nip FUD in the bud? Rod is half-way there with the "Atomic Show", but having one directly challenging current anti-nuke Tweets and postings and accusations by anti-nuke honchos would be exceptionally timely and educational and a mark on a medium where it seems anti-nukers have a monopoly.<br /><br />James Greenidge<br />Queens NYjimwghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06964988758509076556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-91861765435634777762012-03-28T10:54:54.686-04:002012-03-28T10:54:54.686-04:00Jim can also look at the Panel discussion on the F...Jim can also look at the Panel discussion on the Facebook page "Transparent Radiation."Howard Shaffernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-64550584450092726362012-03-28T09:18:32.895-04:002012-03-28T09:18:32.895-04:00Jim Greenidge
There are two questions here. The ...Jim Greenidge<br /><br />There are two questions here. The first is about Howard Shaffer as a debater. The second question is about tapping others for these debates.<br /><br />Howard is a great choice as a debater. He is a long-term member of the ANS Public Information committee and a skilled debater. He debated Tyson Slocum of Public Citizen in late 2010, and he was scheduled to debate Arnie Gundersen in 2011. Howard had a sudden illness, and I debated Gundersen. But Howard was the chosen debater.<br /><br />Howard is head of the ANS Vermont Pilot Project. You can see the March 17 rally he organized (and I described) at the ANS blog. You also commented on that post, which includes a picture of Howard.<br /><br />http://ansnuclearcafe.org/2012/03/27/celebrating-at-vermont-yankee-a-successful-rally-on-st-patricks-day/<br /><br />Finally, I think you met us both at the Green Bag Lunch at the American Nuclear Society Winter Meeting. I could be wrong, though...<br /><br />Okay...I have shown that Howard is a great choice as a debater. <br /><br />The second question is harder. What about others as spokespeople? If Rod or Will was going to come to Massachusetts to debate...who would arrange it, and who would pay their way? These are unanswered questions, IMHO, and the nuclear industry should get busy and answer these questions!Meredith Angwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02737538041807740424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-50953279547419235502012-03-27T22:28:55.999-04:002012-03-27T22:28:55.999-04:00Don't know much about Howard Shaffer. Is he an...Don't know much about Howard Shaffer. Is he an effective aggressive nuclear advocate or just another lame token opponent? Why don't they call true guns like Meredith Angwin or Rod Adams or Will Davis as among those in the Nuclear Carnival?<br /><br />James Greenidge<br />Queens NYjimwghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06964988758509076556noreply@blogger.com