Technology and Risk

The general public and decision makers need to be educated on the options and the magnitude of energy needed.

That their knowledge not be biased only by interest groups - utilities, environmentalists, government regulators - it is important that every individual contribute to the discussion.

When maybe 5% at most have any idea?

Politicians, environmental groups and such certainly either have no idea or have an agenda in hand that has nothing to do with facts, science nor engineering.

Most unjust are government regulators who are presumed to have impartial views but in truth represent the industry or, worse yet, the trade (union) they are to regulate.

I laugh "with" Inspectors when they demean the consumer, commercial or industrial customer, but in my mind I think about the hypocrisy of it all.

Granted, for the general public a lot of it would be about education, but once they understand the facts - and they usually are fully capable but it does take time - balanced policy could evolve.

At least it would be better then than making rules that serve best to protect those who already contribute the the trades organizations - which is more often the case than safety, at least on the it seems to me.