Who’s behind Business South Australia’s push for nuclear waste dump
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Now that neither of the major political parties supports Business SA’s demand for a nuclear fuel and waste industry for SA (The Advertiser, 6/2/14) – one party calls it a “dangerous distraction”, the other “a long way off” (The Advertiser, 7/2/14) – then Business SA should put its money where its mouth is and publish the names of the companies it claims support its demand.
That way SA consumers can vote with their feet and perhaps Business SA might then be a little less outrageous in its political demands.
Dennis Matthews
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Congratulations to all those who have the courage to publish their views on the nuclear industry. This is how it should be in an open and democratic society.
As the decades have passed our knowledge of the nuclear industry has changed and so have the views of many people.
Economies however are like very large container ships. They have considerable momentum and changing course can be a very slow process. This has certainly been the case with energy supply as shown by the great inertia of the fossil and nuclear energy industries. It will be even more difficult in the case of the oil industry.
Nevertheless, as shown by the example of South Australia where there has been a revolution in the electricity industry, change is possible, and those who don’t adapt find themselves with stranded assets.
Let’s hope that businesses in South Australia follow the lead of your letter writers and don’t hide behind that all too common excuse ‘commercial in confidence’.
Dennis Matthews
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