15 Responses    1. alyce santoro November 18, 2013 at 10:48 am |
In response to the author’s point that “nuclear is safe” I would
like to point to an excellent list of resources compiled by eco-
artist/anti-nuclear activist Eve Andree Laramee that counter
this argument, and focus especially on “disposable laborers and
migrant workers of the Nuclear Military/Industrial Nexus”:
http://nuclearfacts.info In addition to labor issues, Eve also
offers a list of 16 reasons why nuclear power is far too risky:
http://nuclearfacts.info/Nuclear_Is_NOT_CO2-Free.html      While
I wholeheartedly agree that “Socialists should oppose waste and
inefficiency” and that “We should be for conservation and
efficiency as a function of any rational society based on human
needs and not profit” I wonder why “appropriate technologies”
are not commonly discussed in greater depth, not only for use in
developing countries, but in the most wasteful countries as
well? this website offers many excellent options for small-
scale, clean, peo