Nuclear

Driessen, Paul
Nuclear to the Rescue: Electricity is the key to a healthier, more prosperous Third World
September 2006
"'The only good thing about the good old days is that they’re gone.'" recalls this senior policy advisor for the Congress of Racial Equality. "My grandmother’s wisdom came from experience. As a teenager in late nineteenth century Wisconsin, she had cleared tons of rocks from fields, toiled on the family farm, and hauled countless buckets of water. If she had to select just one modern technology, she said, she’d choose running water. But electricity was a close second."

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NUCLEAR Driessen, Paul Nuclear to the Rescue: Electricity is the key to a healthier, more prosperous Third World September 2006 "'The only good thing about the good old days is that they’re gone.'" recalls this senior policy advisor for the Congress of Racial Equality. "My grandmother’s wisdom came from experience. As a teenager in late nineteenth century Wisconsin, she had cleared tons of rocks from fields, toiled on the family farm, and hauled countless buckets of water. If she had to select just one modern technology, she said, she’d choose running water. But electricity was a close second." Back to Energy / Home