Profiles in Power: The Antinuclear Movement and the Dawn of the Solar Age (Social Movements Past and Present)
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| Rating | : | 4.49 (525 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0805738797 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 249 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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Excellent book for anyone with an interest in energy!! This is a well researched and written book. It is as current today as the day it was written. We are dealing with the same problems and the solutions listed will without question will work today!. A Customer said Comprehensive Overview. Comprehensive overview of the nuclear industry and the way individual citizens were able to bring light to the sordid, goverment sponsored, nuclear industry at the cost of hundredds of millions and untold ill-health. The consequences of nuclear power will last with us for a thousand years--and it never even made economic sense, let alone environmental sense. Thank God for the individual citizens who took it upon themselves (they're profiled in the book) to stop this insanity one nuclear plant at. A Customer said Nuclear grade rewrite of history. Outlandish statements by the author, which have been refuted by peer-reviewed scientists around the globe, include the authors claim that all radiation is dangerous and that nearly 500,000 people will die as a result of the Chernobyl accident.Despite the authors claims, the dawn of the solar age, which has been promised for over "Nuclear grade rewrite of history" according to A Customer. Outlandish statements by the author, which have been refuted by peer-reviewed scientists around the globe, include the authors claim that all radiation is dangerous and that nearly 500,000 people will die as a result of the Chernobyl accident.Despite the authors claims, the dawn of the solar age, which has been promised for over 25 years, has yet to occur; it is STILL just a high cost pie in the sky searching for federal research money. Solar has not been proven to be an effective power alternat. 5 years, has yet to occur; it is STILL just a high cost pie in the sky searching for federal research money. Solar has not been proven to be an effective power alternat
Social Movements Past and Present SeriesSeries Editor: Robert D. BenfordSocial Movements Past and Present offers thorough analyses of the ideas and actions that have changed the ways Americans think and live. Provocative profiles of ten people (ranging from grassroots activist to biologist to school teacher) who played roles in the industrys decline and the emergence of alternative energy systems stand as a lesson to readers.. Each volume draws on the insights and methodologies of history, sociology, and political science.This volume traces the impact that activists of the antinuclear movement had on the collapse of the nuclear power industry