Comments on: The Pepsi Syndrome http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/09/15/the-pepsi-syndrome/ Summum nec metuas diem, nec optes - Marcus Valerius Martialis Sun, 12 Jun 2011 19:41:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Whitehall http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/09/15/the-pepsi-syndrome/comment-page-1/#comment-66484 Whitehall Mon, 17 Sep 2007 17:13:20 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/09/15/the-pepsi-syndrome/#comment-66484 As a nuclear engineer, I would prefer that nukes NOT be endorsed because of their lack of greenhouse gas emissions. The global warming issue is still very much undecided (I'm skeptical and it would put $$$ in my pockets!) If it is exposed as another "the sky is falling!" hysteria and/or a financial scam for a carbon tax, then nuclear too would suffer. The fact that those most enthusiastic about fixes for "global warming" never mention nuclear power should give you a clue as to their seriousness. Please, consider nuclear because it is 1) pollution-free 2) fuel is plentiful, and 3) economic. As a nuclear engineer, I would prefer that nukes NOT be endorsed because of their lack of greenhouse gas emissions.

The global warming issue is still very much undecided (I’m skeptical and it would put $$$ in my pockets!) If it is exposed as another “the sky is falling!” hysteria and/or a financial scam for a carbon tax, then nuclear too would suffer.

The fact that those most enthusiastic about fixes for “global warming” never mention nuclear power should give you a clue as to their seriousness.

Please, consider nuclear because it is 1) pollution-free 2) fuel is plentiful, and 3) economic.

]]> By: James Aach http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/09/15/the-pepsi-syndrome/comment-page-1/#comment-66483 James Aach Mon, 17 Sep 2007 17:10:12 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/09/15/the-pepsi-syndrome/#comment-66483 It is rather silly to link a Hollywood icon with the problems experienced by an engineering industry. But there was some effect. As someone who's worked over twenty years in the nuclear industry, I can attest to that. TCS still comes up in conversation all the time and for many people is still a primary factor in how they look at nuclear power, along with Chernobyl and The Simpsons. That doesn't say much about the discriminating public, but it is true. And there are costs involved when 20 or 30% of the population in a democracy has a substantial fear of a product. One problem with The China Syndrome is that there has been no reasonable entertainment alternative covering the same ground - nothing out there that looked at nuclear from a more reasoned perspective with an insiders view, and is fun as well. As noted at Blue Crab before, there is now. "Rad Decision" is a technothriller novel that covers energy basics and the good and bad of nuclear in particular, all within the typical story of mayhem you would expect. It is available at no cost to readers at http://RadDecision.blogspot.com (they seem to like it judging frm their homepage comments) and is also available in paperback at online retailers. (The author gets no royalties.) Stewart Brand, noted environmentalist, founder of The It is rather silly to link a Hollywood icon with the problems experienced by an engineering industry. But there was some effect. As someone who’s worked over twenty years in the nuclear industry, I can attest to that. TCS still comes up in conversation all the time and for many people is still a primary factor in how they look at nuclear power, along with Chernobyl and The Simpsons. That doesn’t say much about the discriminating public, but it is true. And there are costs involved when 20 or 30% of the population in a democracy has a substantial fear of a product.

One problem with The China Syndrome is that there has been no reasonable entertainment alternative covering the same ground – nothing out there that looked at nuclear from a more reasoned perspective with an insiders view, and is fun as well. As noted at Blue Crab before, there is now. “Rad Decision” is a technothriller novel that covers energy basics and the good and bad of nuclear in particular, all within the typical story of mayhem you would expect. It is available at no cost to readers at http://RadDecision.blogspot.com (they seem to like it judging frm their homepage comments) and is also available in paperback at online retailers. (The author gets no royalties.)

Stewart Brand, noted environmentalist, founder of The

]]> By: Ed Driscoll.com http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/09/15/the-pepsi-syndrome/comment-page-1/#comment-66339 Ed Driscoll.com Sun, 16 Sep 2007 03:42:03 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/09/15/the-pepsi-syndrome/#comment-66339 <strong>Won't Get Fooled Again...</strong> Glenn Reynolds notes, "In the New York Times: Global warming is Jane Fonda's fault. Well, yeah", as the Times identifies The Fonda Effect:“The China Syndrome” opened on March 16, 1979. With the no-nukes protest movement in full swing, the movie...... Won’t Get Fooled Again…

Glenn Reynolds notes, “In the New York Times: Global warming is Jane Fonda’s fault. Well, yeah”, as the Times identifies The Fonda Effect:“The China Syndrome” opened on March 16, 1979. With the no-nukes protest movement in full swing, the movie……

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