Paul,
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The problem I see is that so many of the people who are opposed to nuclear power (however it's pronounced! ) are just riding on the media hype and misinformation. That media coverage doesn't help when almost any incident at a nuclear pwoer plant is blown out of proportion. A harmless steam leak (which probably happens hundreds of times a day at conventional stations and goes unreported) becomes "Nuclear accident narrowly averted" on the six o'clock news.

Some of these people also seem totally unwilling to face the facts and accept that we (society as a whole) either need to reduce the amount of power we use or find ways to keep up with the demand.

I've heard complaints about the windfarm which is located a few miles away from me. Yet when questioned, those same people are horrified at the suggestion that they reduce their electrical consumption but are equally opposed to nuclear power, coal/oil/gas power, or almost anything else. Do they think we can just snap our fingers and "magic up" extra power out of thin air?

Given the choice between living with a nuclear station or a coal-fired station in my backyard, I know which one I'd choose.
I'd choose this as the best post in this thread.
The fact of the media getting on the band-wagon for a story, doesn't help things.
If there was a debate tomorrow on nuclear power without the media's bias, I'm sure things would be different.
Strange thing is, people only watch TV channels that comply with their views, if something is said that they don't like, they switch over.
Just like the Internet, people only surf sites that they like.
Back to the topic Paul,
I'd sooner have a Nuclear Reactor in my back-yard rather than a Coal Fired plant, any day.
Coal and any other such plants more or less run un-regulated, yet everyone is scared about the small chance of a reactor fault.
BTW RODALCO, that isn't an offer to supply Auckland's power from my back-yard either, Stacey would throttle me. [Linked Image]


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