The Atomic Show #089 – Who benefits from anti-nuclear activism? Chat with Andrew Feinberg of Capitol Valley
Rod Adams and Andrew Feinberg of the blog Capitol Valley discuss motives behind anti-nuclear activism.
A couple of weeks ago, Andrew Feinberg of Capitol Valley interviewed one of the new heros of the pro-nuclear world, Dr. Patrick Moore. You can hear the interview and read Andrew’s thoughts at Everything Old is New Again: From “No Nukes” to “Nukes Now” with Dr. Patrick Moore.
Here is a sample quote from that blog entry:
Here at CV we spend most of our time looking at new technologies, the future, and how a rush to judgment or a poor public relations decision can doom a promising technology, service, or company to failure. We see how sensationalism, poor reporting and massive “click to complain” campaigns can generate outrage where there should be none, and amplify the shrill cries of a few to the point where they dominate the public discourse.Now, instead of looking forward, we look back to the 1960’s, when the relatively new technology of nuclear power brought a promise of unlimited, clean energy. Those days also were the height of the cold war, when the fear of atomic weapons clouded the nation’s judgment of atomic power.
I made a comment on that blog entry that resulted in Andrew thinking that I might be a “crackpot”, so I decided to invite him onto the Atomic Show so that he could see for himself that I really am kind of kooky.
We had a great chat that I think you will enjoy. It is fun to share thoughts about history with someone just about half your age. Our personal experience lenses are quite different; the mixed points of view result in a good conversation.
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Keep getting an error from this file, all others on the page play fine.
Rod, do you have any figures on the amounts the antis receive from oil-based foundations? I am curious if they have actually given enough money to make a difference. For example, I recall that Greenpeace’s greatest fundraising coup was in the aftermath of the sinking of the Rainbow Warrior by the French.
Robert:
Detailed figures are difficult or impossible to obtain. I do know that Greenpeace has been operating with an annual budget approaching or in excess of $100 million per year for several decades. In 2006, Greenpeace’s total income around the world was $171 million and they had more than $125 million in cash in the bank at the end of the year. That kind of money does not come from short lived fund raising “coups”.
You can find their annual reports on the web at http://www.greenpeace.org/international/about/reports
I keep getting an error message too when I use ittunes, number 90 seems to work fine, but just this one is going wrong.
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I have been having the same issue with iTunes for this episode. When I first posted the show, I included the wrong URL in the show link. I have corrected that and the show will now download properly from thepodcastnetwork site, but iTunes has apparently stored a cache copy of the original blog post that contains the wrong URL. The error message that I am getting tells me that iTunes is looking in the wrong place for the show file.
Does anyone know how to correct this? I can think of a work around that I will use, but I would love to figure out how to clear the iTunes cache if there is an error like this.
Hey, great show, though he seemed a bit confused when you mentioned slave labour in Brazil. I think you prob should have mentioned the difference between virtual slave labour and actual(as in
Hi Rod,
great interview as always 🙂 However I’d be careful to say that fission is a new technology as compared to computers: the first transistor was created in 1947, which is after the fission in 1942.
cheers
Ondrej