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␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧␈↓ ¬X846 Lathrop Drive
␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧␈↓ ¬'Stanford, California 94305
␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415 321-7580␈↓ 	ISeptember 10, 1977




␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓↓Grapevine␈↓
␈↓ ↓H␈↓P.O. Box 11572
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Palo Alto, CA 94306

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dear ␈↓↓Grapevine␈↓:

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        Your␈α
article␈α
on␈α
the␈α
Diablo␈α
Canyon␈α
demonstration␈α
mentioned␈α
in␈α
one␈α
word␈α
that␈α
there␈α
were
␈↓ ↓H␈↓also␈α
pro-nuclear␈α
demonstrators.␈α
 Perhaps␈α
your␈α
readers␈α
would␈α
like␈α
to␈α
know␈α
why␈α
we␈αdemonstrated
␈↓ ↓H␈↓in␈α∞favor␈α∞of␈α∞nuclear␈α∞energy.␈α∂ We␈α∞wanted␈α∞to␈α∞show␈α∞that␈α∞the␈α∂nuclear␈α∞issue␈α∞is␈α∞not␈α∞mainly␈α∂a␈α∞con∨ict
␈↓ ↓H␈↓between␈αutilities␈αand␈α
public␈αorganizations␈αbut␈αis␈α
rather␈αan␈αissue␈αbetween␈α
two␈αgroups␈αof␈α
citizens␈α-
␈↓ ↓H␈↓those␈α
who␈α
believe␈αthat␈α
it␈α
is␈αdesirable␈α
to␈α
continue␈α
to␈αdevelop␈α
nuclear␈α
energy␈αand␈α
those␈α
who␈αthink␈α
it
␈↓ ↓H␈↓is undesirable.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        Normally,␈α∂when␈α∂people␈α∂favor␈α∞something␈α∂public␈α∂utilities␈α∂or␈α∞other␈α∂industries␈α∂happen␈α∂to␈α∞be
␈↓ ↓H␈↓doing,␈αthey␈αsee␈αno␈αneed␈αfor␈αdemonstrations.␈α They␈αcount␈αon␈αthe␈αindustries␈αto␈αpresent␈αthat␈αside␈αof
␈↓ ↓H␈↓the␈αcase.␈α When␈α
necessary,␈αthey␈αconsider␈α
it␈αsu≠cient␈αto␈α
present␈αtheir␈αviews␈α
in␈αarticles,␈αletters␈αto␈α
the
␈↓ ↓H␈↓editor, testimony before legislatures, and by voting for candidates for o≠ce.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        Unfortunately,␈α∂it␈α∂no␈α∂longer␈α∂seems␈α∂to␈α∂be␈α∞su≠cient␈α∂to␈α∂win␈α∂elections.␈α∂ Although␈α∂we␈α∂won␈α∞by
␈↓ ↓H␈↓about␈α∞two-to-one␈α∞in␈α∞California␈α∞and␈α∞six␈α∞other␈α∞states␈α∞last␈α∞year,␈α∞it␈α∞doesn't␈α∞seem␈α∞to␈α∞have␈α∞made␈α
any
␈↓ ↓H␈↓di≥erence.␈α∩ Every␈α∩nuclear␈α∩plant␈α∩is␈α∩still␈α∩subject␈α∩to␈α∩interminable␈α∩delaying␈α∩lawsuits␈α∩that␈α∩greatly
␈↓ ↓H␈↓increase␈αthe␈αcost␈αof␈αenergy.␈α Oil␈αand␈αgas,␈αwhich␈αwill␈αsoon␈αrun␈αout,␈αare␈αstill␈αbeing␈αused␈αto␈αgenerate
␈↓ ↓H␈↓electricity.␈α We␈αare␈αoutbidding␈αthe␈αpoorer␈αpart␈αof␈αthe␈αunderdeveloped␈αworld␈αfor␈αthe␈αremaining␈αoil
␈↓ ↓H␈↓to an even greater degree than before the crisis was recognized in 1973.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        We␈αsee␈αthe␈αfailure␈αto␈αdevelop␈αnuclear␈αenergy␈αas␈αthe␈αcause␈αof␈αa␈αreal␈αcrisis␈αthat␈αthreatens␈αthe
␈↓ ↓H␈↓American␈αstandard␈αof␈αliving␈αwhich␈αwe␈αsee␈αas␈αworth␈αpreserving.␈α Already␈αwe␈αhave␈αhad␈αblackouts
␈↓ ↓H␈↓because␈α∂of␈α∂a␈α∂lack␈α∂of␈α∂electric␈α∂capacity.␈α∂ By␈α∂the␈α∂end␈α∂of␈α∂the␈α∂century,␈α∂we␈α∂will␈α∂need␈α∂to␈α∂use␈α∞nuclear
␈↓ ↓H␈↓energy␈α
not␈αmerely␈α
to␈αgenerate␈α
our␈αelectricity␈α
but␈αalso␈α
to␈αproduce␈α
hydrogen␈αto␈α
replace␈α
natural␈αgas
␈↓ ↓H␈↓and to help make synthetic motor fuel, and we haven't even started to develop such processes.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        I␈αdon't␈αknow␈αhow␈αthe␈αreaders␈αof␈α␈↓↓Grapevine␈↓␈αfeel␈αabout␈αthe␈αpreserving␈αour␈αmaterial␈αstandard
␈↓ ↓H␈↓of␈αliving.␈α Some␈αexpress␈αcontempt␈αfor␈αit,␈αand␈αothers␈αcomplain␈αthat␈αnot␈αeveryone␈αhas␈αit.␈α However,
␈↓ ↓H␈↓those␈α
who␈α
think␈α
people␈α
should␈α
live␈α
di≥erently␈αshould␈α
try␈α
to␈α
persuade␈α
people␈α
to␈α
live␈αdi≥erently␈α
and
␈↓ ↓H␈↓not␈α∞try␈α∞to␈α∞force␈α∂them␈α∞to␈α∞do␈α∞so␈α∂by␈α∞legal␈α∞sabotage.␈α∞ When␈α∂the␈α∞Carter␈α∞non-energy␈α∞policy␈α∂causes␈α∞a
␈↓ ↓H␈↓crisis,␈α∞even␈α∞he␈α
will␈α∞turn␈α∞out␈α
have␈α∞never␈α∞favored␈α
it,␈α∞and␈α∞the␈α
resulting␈α∞crash␈α∞program␈α∞will␈α
sweep
␈↓ ↓H␈↓away the worthwhile environmental constraints along with the silly ones.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        I␈α⊃will␈α⊃not␈α⊃ask␈α⊃for␈α⊃space␈α∩here␈α⊃to␈α⊃answer␈α⊃the␈α⊃arguments␈α⊃about␈α⊃waste␈α∩disposal,␈α⊃accidents,
␈↓ ↓H␈↓sabotage,␈αproliferation,␈αetc.,␈αalthough␈αI␈αwould␈αbe␈αglad␈α
to␈αdo␈αso␈αif␈αthe␈αeditors␈αare␈αwilling␈αto␈α
publish
␈↓ ↓H␈↓a␈α∞pro-nuclear␈α∞article.␈α∞ I␈α∞recommend␈α∞Beckman's␈α∂␈↓↓The␈α∞Health␈α∞Hazards␈α∞of␈α∞Not␈α∞Going␈α∂Nuclear␈↓␈α∞and
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Cohen's ␈↓↓Nuclear Science and Society␈↓.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        To␈αsum␈αit␈αup,␈αwe␈αfelt␈αthat␈αnuclear␈αenergy␈αis␈αtoo␈αimportant␈αto␈αbe␈αleft␈αto␈αthe␈αpublic␈αrelations
␈↓ ↓H␈↓department␈α⊃of␈α⊃Paci≡c␈α⊃Gas␈α⊃and␈α⊃Electric.␈α∩ Incidentally,␈α⊃they␈α⊃asked␈α⊃us␈α⊃not␈α⊃to␈α⊃come␈α∩-␈α⊃nominally
␈↓ ↓H␈↓because␈α∞they␈α∞feared␈α∞that␈α∞we␈α∞would␈α∞get␈α∂into␈α∞a␈α∞≡ght␈α∞with␈α∞the␈α∞anti-nuclear␈α∞demonstrators,␈α∂but␈α∞we
␈↓ ↓H␈↓conjecture␈αthat␈α
professional␈αpublic␈αrelations␈α
people␈αare␈α
dubious␈αabout␈αany␈α
activity␈αnot␈αunder␈α
their
␈↓ ↓H␈↓professional␈αcontrol.␈α After␈αall,␈αif␈αcitizens␈αdemonstrate␈αfor␈αnuclear␈αenergy,␈αwhat␈αneed␈αis␈αthere␈αfor␈αa
␈↓ ↓H␈↓large PR department.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Sincerely,



␈↓ ↓H␈↓John McCarthy