How much pull does a Power Worker Union have?

[Jo Ferg]

I'm a freelanced Writer doing some research on progressive power generation policy, and came across a site for the Ontario Power Workers Union that seems to advocate a responsable reliance on Nuclear and Coal, while Renewable methods are optimized over time.

The larger context of this site seems to fully support Renewables, and introduces issues not normally considered by the general public. However, does anyone here think that this stance offers a reasonable and realistic approach to long term progress, or would the public perception of (cleaned up) Coal and Nuclear for 'baseload' requirements be seen as a negative...Outside of the larger context?

Could a Power Workers Union actually shift Public perceptions?

Thanks for any feedback on what could be certainly be considered a contentious subject

SEE: http://bit.ly/divers
ie. http://abetterenergyplan.ca/the_plan_diversity.php

[Joe Blake]

I'm not sure you're asking the right people.

This is a forum about "Green Power". Neither coal nor nuclear are really very green.

Joe

[Rob Beckers]

The last Home Power Magazine issue had a good summary of all the issues with nuclear (and why the 'green' claims are just a thin veneer due to the lack of green house gas production). Just checked, the article is actually available for public viewing (http://www.homepower.com/view/?file=HP132_pg110_PowerPolitics) on the Web.

-RoB-