Re: [Marxism] Cockburn contrarianism: GLW, "Vitrification"-waste.

[dave.walters@xxxxxxxxxxx]

Nick, thanks for that link. I usually read GLW anyway 
and always look to read Green's stuff. GLW at least 
prints my letters countering Green's arguements :).
He is of course, the main Friends of the Earth 
person on nuclear there, but he must not be part 
of that 'majority' you spoke of. I'm glad you  
were straight on Caldicott. I heard her Aussie 
nationalism on high at Sonoma State University 
a few years ago when she caused one of the loudish 
"silences" I've ever heard at a left oriented meeting 
when she condemened the Japanese economy by 
arguing that "didn't we beat them in WWII? Why are 
the selling all this stuff here in Austraila?".

I'm less concerned with her political views, as 
eccentric as they may be, than her views on 
nuclear energy which are spread widely and quoted 
extensively. 

Lastly on GLW...I saw a link a while back to 
some "Socialsit Alliance" grand plan to ending 
fossil fuel electrical production in Austraila. 
Again, I don't think the plan was applicable, 
at all, but it was a very serious attempt to deal 
with all the important aspects of maintaining the 
grid, use of wind, geo-thermal, etc. Do you know 
what I'm talking about? I've sence lost it and can't find it.

Vitrification. This is what is already being done 
in France (but not in the US). Turning the 
waste into glass. The link to the article posted 
by Ruthless Critic explains this fairly well, 
among other interesting things on the status 
of the waste issue. I highly recommend it.

David
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