Don't think so. The nuclear industry has been no more or less obtuse than oil, coal or natural gas. If we operate on your assertion, we sit on our hands to maintain the status quo of energy production until such a time as the industry is honest enough to disclose every detail of its safety standards at every turn, which none of those industries do, for the very reason of not causing public uncertainty and panic.
You contend, with support, that the nuclear industry is more cloak and dagger than other power industries with much longer histories. This is a ridiculous argument, and on sheer grounds of safety standards, the nuclear industry stands head and shoulders above the fossil fuel counterparts. Suggesting something along the lines of "but if something bad goes wrong, we know they'll cover it up and lie" when the industry's track record is as safe as it has priven to be is guilty until proven innocent.
http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf06.html
http://www.nei.org/resourcesandstats/doc...tpriority/
http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/ener...-fukushima
http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/...wind-solar
Here's one that nods to your contention the industry doesn't do itself justice in PR, but ...
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read...power-safe
I bet you wanted blood when Toyota had the temerity to suggest that driver error was more to blame for unintended acceleration than was any electrical failing, too, because, as we know, some people did crash and they were driving Toyotas when they did so.
Sorry, but your argument is so much water washing around the fact that nuclear power has it hands down over the other current major sources of power, regardless of how its industry reps fuck up by covering details up. The dearth of major incidents belies your cry of foul play, and that's as far as your argument gets. I'm all for putting more pressure on ALL power industries for better safety practices and more disclosure, but when something works, it works. Nukes are better than any other comparable power source currently available to the infrastructure we have in place. Snake oil salesmen exist in all industries, but nuclear power does what it purports to do-well, so it is worth the purchase of some bullshit.
You contend, with support, that the nuclear industry is more cloak and dagger than other power industries with much longer histories. This is a ridiculous argument, and on sheer grounds of safety standards, the nuclear industry stands head and shoulders above the fossil fuel counterparts. Suggesting something along the lines of "but if something bad goes wrong, we know they'll cover it up and lie" when the industry's track record is as safe as it has priven to be is guilty until proven innocent.
http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf06.html
http://www.nei.org/resourcesandstats/doc...tpriority/
http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/ener...-fukushima
http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/...wind-solar
Here's one that nods to your contention the industry doesn't do itself justice in PR, but ...
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read...power-safe
I bet you wanted blood when Toyota had the temerity to suggest that driver error was more to blame for unintended acceleration than was any electrical failing, too, because, as we know, some people did crash and they were driving Toyotas when they did so.
Sorry, but your argument is so much water washing around the fact that nuclear power has it hands down over the other current major sources of power, regardless of how its industry reps fuck up by covering details up. The dearth of major incidents belies your cry of foul play, and that's as far as your argument gets. I'm all for putting more pressure on ALL power industries for better safety practices and more disclosure, but when something works, it works. Nukes are better than any other comparable power source currently available to the infrastructure we have in place. Snake oil salesmen exist in all industries, but nuclear power does what it purports to do-well, so it is worth the purchase of some bullshit.
Trying to update my sig ...
