Concerned about the devastating impacts on public health and the environment caused by fossil-fuel combustion, environmental writer Gwyneth Cravens concludes that nuclear is the only large-scale, practical, environmentally friendly, nonpolluting energy source available. Her book Power to Save the World: The Truth About Nuclear Energy documents her findings which are shared in this first 2011 Sheraton Economic Series presentation.
4 comments:
Meredith,
Were you able to get any state legislators to come to the presentation? I know you had expressed an interest in getting some of them to (hopefully) hear what she had to say - I hope that worked out.
Of any legislators in attendance, were you able to get any feedback/response from them, to gauge whether any of them might have been giving any reconsideration of their opinions with regards to Nuclear Power?
Just a tech note about this blog post: could you make the 'height' attribute for the iframe that holds the video, a bit larger? It appears there's stuff being 'cut off' the bottom of the iframe, right after where it says "CCTV Center for Media & Democracy".
Jeff
Yes I was able to get legislators to come to the meeting. There were about twenty of them there. Unfortunately, they were Republicans. Nothing against Republicans! But I would have dearly liked a mix since the legislature has a Democratic majority.
About the video. I'm scared to touch it! I could barely get it up on the site, and a friend who was trying to link to it was completely unsuccessful. Can you see it all right?
Best,
Merdith
Meredith,
Yeah, the video itself shows up - there's just some text underneath which gets cut off, but it's not that important - the video is the important part.
Well, perhaps some of the legislators who didn't show up will at least watch the video - we can hope, anyhow. I know it can be discouraging if the only people who show up are already pro-nuclear - can feel like your preaching to the choir, and not getting the word out.
I think it's vitally important for someone who is a legislator (or in a similar position of power), to keep an open mind and be willing to listen to 'dissenting opinions', particularly on a topic as incredibly important as energy supply. Here's to hoping some of them may yet come around, as a result of the video, or book.
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