Nuclear power – Australian public opinion – theme for September 2011
In Australia, the uranium/nuclear lobby is twisting and turning – in desperate effort to win over public opinion.
They need to do this, because the uranium industry is well and truly in the doldrums. The nuclear lobby envisages a future for Australia in which Australia hosts the entire nuclear fuel cycle, from cradle to grave – from uranium mining, through nuclear power plants, to hosting the world’s radioactive wastes.
Despite the investment pages hyping up the uranium industry, despite the mainstream media generally ignoring the continuing Fukushima disaster, despite South Australian politicians spruiking uranium and uranium enrichment – the Australian public is not fooled
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From my experience talking to people in the street, 50% of those undecided and for nuclear are basing their decisions on a lack of knowledge. Two areas of knowledge are lacking or wrongly understood, 1) limited knowledge of alternative options, 2) they have little to no knowledge of the dangers of nuclear power power. Anti-nuclear and pro-clean energy groups need to find ways to reach a bigger audience with information. It is not enough any more to repeat your message to the converted. I don’t know the best solution but I do know the figures given are not the whole truth, they are just the surface picture.
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