Nuclear Power Is Not the Answer to the Greenhouse Problem
By Donella Meadows
–July 21, 1988–
To the folks who bring us nuclear power, this year’s drought is a bonanza. They don’t have to advertise any more, the media are doing it for them. Nearly every report on the drought calls it a sign of the global greenhouse effect. One cause of greenhouse warming is carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels. Nuclear [...]
Welcome to the Evacuation Hearings
By Donella Meadows
–December 10, 1987–
A lot of things about nuclear power make me mad, but nothing makes me madder than the way its bureaucrats make ordinary citizens feel small.
Suppose you live in Seabrook, New Hampshire, and you decide to go to the hearings on the evacuation plan for the just-finished Seabrook nuclear plant. It’s a matter you might have an [...]
A State-of-the-Art Evacuation Plan
By Donella Meadows
–December 3, 1987–
Hearings on one of the most elaborate, comprehensive, and expensive evacuation plans ever made for a nuclear power plant — the Seabrook plant — are just being completed by the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board in Concord N.H..
Dozens of experts have been consulted. They have taken aerial photos of Hampton Beach and counted the tens of [...]
Every Goliath Has His David
By Donella Meadows
–June 18, 1987–
The following message was brought to you by the U.S. Committee for Energy Awareness (USCEA) — for awhile. Then ABC and NBC decided to stop airing it until USCEA answered complaints about its inaccuracies.
“Almost a billion dollars every week.”
Thunk! A huge money bag drops onto a desert landscape.
“That’s how much America spends on foreign oil. Just [...]
Information on Energy America Can’t Count On
By Donella Meadows
–June 11, 1987–
You’ve seen the ad. An elongated cartoon man in green holds a candle and faces imposing stacks of OPEC oil barrels. The headline reads, “Nuclear energy helps keep us from reliving a nightmare.”
Ads like this show up regularly in major publications and on television. They come from the U.S. Committee for Energy Awareness (USCEA) — “Information [...]
