The Thorium Dream

[kristopher]

13. So why do you keep using that strategy?

Americans oppose building more nuclear power plants in the United States, by a margin of 2-1

The question facing us is where do we spend our money going forward. An overwhelming majority of both experts and the public say renewable energy and energy efficiency.

US poll:

"Opposition is not merely a not-in-my-back-yard phenomenon. The survey, conducted for ABC News by Langer Research Associates, finds that 67 percent of Americans oppose construction of a nuclear plant within 50 miles of their home – not significantly different than the number who oppose it regardless of location."

“Strong” opposition outstrips strong support, 47-20 percent. Opposition is up from 53 percent in a 2008 poll, and strong opposition is up even more, by 24 points.

This ABC News-Washington Post poll was conducted by telephone April 14-17, 2011, among a random national sample of 1,001 adults, including landline and cell-phone-only respondents. Results have a margin of sampling error of 3.5 points....

Still, there are differences among groups; opposition is higher among Democrats (75 percent, vs. 59 percent of Republicans and independents combined), women (73 percent, vs. 53 percent of men) and liberals (74 percent, vs. 60 percent of moderates and conservatives).

http://texasvox.org/2011/04/21/nuclear-power-poll-shows-a-spike-in-u-s-opposition-after-fukushima


International poll



Poll wording
http://www.globescan.com/news_archives/bbc2011_energy/demoquest.html#quest

Globalscan questions:

01
We should use the nuclear power plants that we already have, but we should not build new ones.

02
Nuclear power is dangerous and we should close down all operating nuclear power plants as soon as possible.

03
Nuclear power is relatively safe and an important source of electricity, and we should build new nuclear power plants.

Here is the nuclear industry spin clearly identified for you
01 + 03 = Level of strong support for nuclear power.

Reality
03 = Level of strong support for nuclear power.

The question facing us is where do we spend our money going forward. An overwhelming majority of both experts and the public say renewable energy and energy efficiency.