ENV S 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: National Environmental Policy Act, James Hansen, Economic Liberalism
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Atom bomb after wwii dwight eisenhower creates abc. Use nuclear energy for everyday use in 1940s. 1970s iran shah promotes nuclear energy (despite being oil driven_ Oil is a finite resource (run out soon) Challenging to maintain (leaks to water, soil, nearby towns) Energy department picks sites to store nuclear waste (3 locations) Yucca mountain never considered best place ( acceptable ) Not a lot of people live there. Is building (facility) technologically sufficient (long- term storage) People responsible (engineers) have a facility that will last thousands of years. How will you get waste there? (from maine) Challenge of the government to arrange for conflicting values. Expand the scale of our knowledge our competence. Winning elections (make a claim to expressing voice of majority) Freedom of speech, assembly, access to info. , worship. Equal treatment of citizens within a fairly administered legal system. Ability of citizens to choose representatives through open, fair elections.
