tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6336941957519877299.post7433451440832731888..comments2023-10-21T01:24:38.665-07:00Comments on Uncle Bill's Canadian blog: Fruit WarningBill Stickerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05285528897339442436noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6336941957519877299.post-89421481087239428782011-02-16T18:50:06.454-08:002011-02-16T18:50:06.454-08:00I think the one about fancy granite worktops is a ...I think the one about fancy granite worktops is a chucklesome one to put the willies up the food scare fiends.Bill Stickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05285528897339442436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6336941957519877299.post-42328113037000898032011-02-16T11:53:04.489-08:002011-02-16T11:53:04.489-08:00I came across banana equivalent dose a while back ...I came across banana equivalent dose a while back (I think I was doing a post on thorium reactors as well) and have thoroughly enjoyed scaring the crap out of nuclearphobes since then. Especially the ones with young children that get fed a lot of mashed up banana as part of their five a day. These are usually people who, when I suggest that nuclear power is a good idea for a country with a big chunk of the world's uranium (thorium too for that matter), think the unanswerable response is "Yeah, but would you want to live near a nuclear power station." Since I've lived within an hour or two of maybe a dozen reactors and spent a few years with one a few miles away I usually say something like "What? Again? Why not - it did me no harm before." And then I mention the bananas... <br /><br /><i>What, you didn't realise when you were giving them to the kids? ... No, really, they are, I'm serious ... Er, are you feeling alright? You've gone a bit pale.</i><br /><br />Bwahahahahahahaha. But I do explain that the point is that a banana holds no fear, and if we accept that then it puts a new and non-scary perspective on nuclear energy. Most have scaled back the opposition a bit and a few have come round to the idea, especially when I tell them about LFTR. <br /><br />Changing minds by scaring parents - well, if the greenies can do it then why not? At least I'm telling them why they can stop being afraid after they've shat bricks.Angry Exilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02491082312193274360noreply@blogger.com