Hi Byron. :)

Byron Jeff wrote:
> Great book, though decidedly biased.

You really think so? I guess it depends on what you mean by "biased".

Of course Cohen is openly pro-nuclear, but he has no vested interest in it, 
and he does address the arguments from the other side (Ralph Nader et al). 
In this sense, the book is very balanced and objective.


> It's a lost cause sad to say.

It seems so, today. I'm young, and confident that I will see more nuclear 
reactors built in the US, in my lifetime (barring a cataclismic event, 
collapse of the current US political system, or my premature demise).


> It won't change until government mandated,

Nuclear power needs *less* government involvement, not more. You've read the 
book, remember why the reactors are so expensive? Because it takes 20 years 
to build one (instead of one or two years). Why does it take so long? 
Government regulation.


> and people will be fighting tooth and nail all the way down the path.

People can be educated and change their opinion, especially given the right 
incentives ($200/barrel oil, etc). :)

Vitaliy 

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