Green Options » TalkClimateChange http://greenoptions.com/tag/talkclimatechange Posts tagged 'TalkClimateChange' Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:15:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en 75% of Greens OK with Nuclear Power [redux] http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/04/18/75-of-greens-ok-with-nukes/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/04/18/75-of-greens-ok-with-nukes/#comments Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:15:35 +0000 Timothy B. Hurst http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/04/18/75-of-greens-ok-with-nukes/ nuke-poll, nuclear power, public opinion[Update 11.9.2008: Over the last several days, thousands of environmental activists in Germany have blocked and delayed a train carrying nuclear waste from France into the country to be stored in an old salt mine. The story reminded me that there is still substantial opposition to nuclear power, despite the fact that it has been touted by many as an essential component of our energy mix because nuclear power generates little in the way of greenhouse gas emissions. The story also reminded me of the following post. ]

This past spring we conducted a reader poll that concluded with some rather unexpected results. Nearly 75 percent of the respondents believe that nuclear power is good because it is a source of “abundant carbon free energy.” Granted, this simple reader’s poll with an admittedly minute n of 133 is not a statistical representation of the public attitude of any particular group of people. But attitudes towards nuclear power have undergone a palpable shift amongst self-identified environmentalists in recent years. The change is especially striking considering that the anti-nuclear cause had been one of the core issues for the environmental movement for almost four decades.

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