tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597656451205429515.post5201254223831794045..comments2024-02-16T17:52:44.944-06:00Comments on The Nuclear Green Revolution: Atomic Threats and the Revolt of the Nuclear HostagesCharles Bartonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01125297013064527425noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597656451205429515.post-54613038080644370312010-08-16T10:17:54.658-05:002010-08-16T10:17:54.658-05:00Yes, without doubt since both, at the time, or whe...Yes, without doubt since both, at the time, or when they started, were organically tied to the legacy of Japanese and/or Japanese and French colonialism, struggles that were going on well before the US showed up...or the USSR for that matter.DWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03070034894266417461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597656451205429515.post-22800278886572109232010-08-14T00:30:37.776-05:002010-08-14T00:30:37.776-05:00Think of Vietnam and Korea without the Russian ...<i>Think of Vietnam and Korea without the Russian 'effective' nuclear shield over both countries. Just a thought.</i><br /><br />Maybe, but would those conflicts have arisen in the first place without a nuclear-capable USSR?Finrodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02447747229391757964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597656451205429515.post-58695871688803411652010-08-13T11:41:40.440-05:002010-08-13T11:41:40.440-05:00Just on the threat...one can argue that if it wasn...Just on the threat...one can argue that if it wasn't for the USSR acquiring the a/h bomb in 1949, then the threat to 'world peace' would of been much greater. There are many historians that feel that without the advent of the Russian bomb, the US was likely to use it again. Think of Vietnam and Korea without the Russian 'effective' nuclear shield over both countries. Just a thought.<br /><br />D.DWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03070034894266417461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597656451205429515.post-50364038654269657302010-08-12T10:28:36.057-05:002010-08-12T10:28:36.057-05:00Some of the historical events in the timeline I wa...Some of the historical events in the timeline I was not aware of but as your next post might highlight there was a lesser known early history of nuclear opposition that started almost immediately after Hiroshima. This sentiment naturally found support in a budding counter-culture movement. By the time nuclear power came onto the scene, phrases like "duck and cover" and "fallout shelter" were well cemented into people's conscience of fear. Moreover there was no apparent benefit to using nuclear energy at the time as understood by the public. Marketing nuclear energy was a tough sell from the get-go. Nuclear made its way into our culture in all sorts of ways from Godzilla to new slang words like "meltdown". I completely empathize with the apprehension that many have about nuclear energy given their cultural exposure to all things nuclear, but this is a different time now and there are no more good excuses for not cracking open the science book or doing an internet search to find out the real facts, rather than clinging to the legacy opposition of nuclear energy.<br /><br />For an interesting slice of atomic history cruise on over to http://www.conelrad.com<br /><br />That site has some rich documentation of nuclear history.Jason Ribeirohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06863185203119704249noreply@blogger.com