Derek Abbott’s Thought For The Day – wasting South Australia’s funds on nuclear waste
Derek Abbott to Nuclear Fuel Cycle Watch South Australia, 22 Nov 16 Thought for the day: A nuclear dump is a rather enormous investment for something so risky and contentious. To go down that path represents an opportunity cost: the missed opportunity for putting that same investment elsewhere in ventures with less risk, better payoff, and with zero contentiousness.
Jay’s approach was flawed from the outset. It presented the public with one single risky business case, without any context of what other business directions the State might be well suited for and what we are good at doing.
To raise a nuclear dump scheme out of vacuum is a non-starter. If Jay wants true democracy and true public engagement, then why not appoint a panel of 350 members of the public to listen to experts on the South Australian economy in general and brainstorm ideas for the future? Let the ideas come from within that build upon on South Australia’s known strengths and talents. Engage us in finding the idea in the first place. Do not take one single-minded idea and thrust it upon us, as that isn’t really considering the bigger picture and taking into account the opportunity cost.
Imposing a single poorly contextualised idea upon us and spending $13 million of our money on trying very hard to convince us is not democracy. It’s called lobbying and manipulating the public.https://www.facebook.com/groups/1021186047913052/
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