An independent voice against Nuclear Power
Do not believe it. Ever...
From Rod Adams writing at
Atomic Insights:
Smoking gun � Antinuclear talking points coined by coal interests
Some of the earliest documented instances of opposition to the development of commercial nuclear power in the United States originated from designated representatives of the coal industry. They were the first people to mount sustained opposition to the use of taxpayer money to support the development of nuclear power stations.
They testified against the implied subsidy associated with nuclear fuel leasing and complained about the value credited to commercial plant operators for the plutonium produced during operation, even though that material was locked up inside used fuel rods. They were the first people to label the Price-Anderson nuclear liability limitations as a subsidy.
The coal industry, frequently referred to as �King Coal� in the era up to the end of World War II, had legitimate commercial reasons for striving to convince the Government to stop pushing atomic power into the electricity market. The industry had experienced a 30% slide in sales by weight during the fifteen year period between the end of the war and 1960. It nearly completely lost both the home heating market and the railroad locomotive market to diesel fuel and natural gas. The utility power market was the coal industry�s only real growth area.
Much much more at the site (it is a long and well written article) with photos of newspaper clippings and lots of links to sources. King Coal was running scared and their political campaign against Nuclear Power was co-opted by the environmental movement.
Of course, Greenpeace would never admit that they share a common ideology with the Coal industry. They would be apoplectic.
That would be pure Schadenfreude
Posted by DaveH at March 11, 2014 4:53 PM