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Nuclear Energy - A Sensible Alternative (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1985)
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Nuclear Energy - A Sensible Alternative (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1985)
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E. L. Zebroski During the 1970s, there was rapid growth of a
philosophy that assumes that deindustrialization will result in an
Elysian postindustrial society. This view is generally
antitechnology; commonly in opposition to large-scale energy
sources; and often supportive of high-cost, speculative, or at
most, small-scale energy sources. The social and economic costs of
policies which would lead to dein dustrialization are ignored or
considered to be irrelevant. The development of civilian nuclear
energy as a by-product of wartime developments also brings with it
an association with the fear of nuclear weapons and with the
repugnance for war in general. Many of these views and associations
mingle to provide significant political constituencies. These have
had consid erable impact on party platforms and elections. Also,
another important aspect is the conservation viewpoint. This
view--correctly--concerns the fact that in definite increase in per
capita energy consumption, coupled with increasing U.S. and world
populations, must at some point be restrained by limits on
resources as well as by limits arising from environmental effects.
All of these concerns have been subject to voluminous analysis,
publications, and public discussion. They underlie one of the
dominant social movements of the 1970s and 1980s. Indefinite
exponential growth of energy production is neither possible nor de
sirable."
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