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Jeff is right. And, this can puzzle Westerners, but despite Chernobyl, there is no strong anti-nuclear movement in Ukraine. Maybe because we got used to it - Chernobyl zone now attracts tourists. On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 10:39 PM, Jeff via Marxism <marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> wrote: > ====================================================================== > Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > ====================================================================== > > > Thanks for your thoughts, but I wonder if you're reading too much into > this. Perhaps this is simple-minded, but would Ukraine's turn toward > nuclear perhaps just be in response to Russia's threat to cut off the > oil/gas supplies Ukraine is dependent on? After all, Ukraine is the only > country (afaik) that Russia has cut oil supplies to (even while hosting > pipelines carrying oil further west). And given recent history, it's not > surprising they rather rely on technology from Western Europe for new > plants. And even if they continue to buy (some) nuclear fuel from Russia, > that's hardly the same as gas which can be cut off with immediate effect, > whereas I imagine a nuclear reactor would keep running for months (years?) > after a scheduled refueling were supplies lacking. > > Might that not explain everything? > > - Jeff > > On Tue, July 15, 2014 18:12, DW via Marxism wrote: > > > > ________________________________________________ > Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu > Set your options at: > http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/mnkutster%40gmail.com ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
