tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post1369897561873118139..comments2023-04-07T05:19:44.951-04:00Comments on Yes Vermont Yankee: MICHAEL Angwin wins a Nuclear DebateMeredith Angwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02737538041807740424noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-84769602394623864062012-08-10T07:15:07.312-04:002012-08-10T07:15:07.312-04:00Hi Rod
Thank you.
Some nuclear opponents like to...Hi Rod<br /><br />Thank you.<br /><br />Some nuclear opponents like to emphasize their status in society as "women" or "mothers". I remember a NRC meeting where one woman walked slowly to the microphone and everyone waited. She was carrying her GRANDCHILD, and the child's mother was there and she could have easily left the child in the seat next to his mother. But she made a point that SHE was a loving grandmother. I see her as an exploitive woman.<br /><br /> That whole thing is a rhetorical device. They don't love their grandchildren any more than I love mine! These women do NOT speak for all women their age, but that is the impression they want to give.<br /><br />By the way, my own seven-year-old granddaughter is visiting an old family friend in Maine, and she is taking sailing lessons up there. The friend said she wanted my granddaughter "Up here for a week and I will enroll her in sailing camp." I thought that would amuse you! <br /><br />MeredithMeredith Angwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02737538041807740424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-9562638706022926342012-08-10T06:57:42.728-04:002012-08-10T06:57:42.728-04:00@Meredith - I am so happy to have helped you make ...@Meredith - I am so happy to have helped you make a valuable connection.<br /><br />One of the reasons I cringe at some of the rhetoric coming from the thorium and fast breeder reactor advocates is that they emphasize how their technology will make it unnecessary to mine uranium.<br /><br />I ask them - so what is inherently bad about mining, especially uranium mining. Mining is an ancient endeavor, unlikely to be unnecessary in the future. Besides, it is the segment of the nuclear industry where making a fortune is most likely. We need a few nuclear fortunes in order to seed the capital pool that we must have to succeed in deploying our disruptive technology.<br /><br />PS - I am happy that you have avoided the phobias that often afflict women of a certain age.Rod Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03652375336090790205noreply@blogger.com