Thank you for your reasoned comments.
I'm trying to understand people point of view. In my opinion, lack of knowledge, combined with those pushing panic, is making the perception of the situation far worse than it is.
No doubt, this is a very bad nuclear accident, and could get worse. But if people in the US are buying up significant portions of the world's supply iodine tablets in fear of this accident, we are not understanding the dangers.
I am “pro-energy” and anti-government funding of energy. I contribute a lot on these topics and try to find supporting information for my point of view and challenge those I think are spreading false or misleading information. Sometimes I'm wrong.
What I do not want to see, is fear that is not based on facts, dictate our future energy policies. I understand some people when presented with the same information are not going to see it the way I do. But I want their judgment based on real information and I want Free Republic to be a good source of that information.