creased cost of this factor of productionnin the wake of the 1973 OPEC price hikenhas been a major cause of stagnation innthe years since. Economic growth ratesnamong the industrialized nations averagednin 1974-79 only half what they didnin 1960-73- The lost production in thenOPEC-induced 1974 recession cost thenU.S. more than the entire Vietnam War.nbureaucratic red tape, demonstrations,nand even sabotage the construction ofnplants so that this law of finance willnconvert a profitable project into a loser.nThis is not the result of the costliness ofnnuclear power, but the result of oppositionnto nuclear power. Nuclear power isna technological issue and thus subject tona technological solution. It should notn”‘Niiki-.siii-;ik’ is :i wi-ll-wrilim ami (liM|iiii-liiig bixik. ridily di’laikd and Hillyn(.loamicnUil.”n—Si’iv York Times lUntk Rei’ieivnThe search for less cosdy, more securenenergy sources is part of the long-termnreindustrialization effort. Nuclear powernhas long been seen as such a source. Thenauthors of Nukespeak trace the argumentsnused by government and industrynleaders in support of nuclear power andnattempt to show that atomic power wasnoversold to the public. They coin thenword “nukespeak” in imitation of GeorgenOrwell’s “newspeak” to argue that nuclearnproponents have used technical jargonnand selective data to advance theirncause.nYet in the process, the authors engagenin double-talk of their own. One of thenmain arguments is that nuclear powernhas proven uneconomical. It is true thatnmany power companies have cancelednplans to build new reactors because ofnhigh costs, but are these costs inherentnin the technology? Nuclear plants arenstill being built in Europe, Latin America,nand the Middle East and are considerednviable. In the U.S. the principle source ofnincreased costs is regulation, makingnAmerican plants more expensive thannthose built in other countries. It alsontakes longer to build an American plant,ntwice as long as in France for example.nAs anyone in finance will testify, thenlonger it takes to complete a project thenless attractive it is. The more distant thenfinancial returns, the less they are worthnsince costs of capital at high interestnrates increase, the outlay those returnsnmust coVer. The antinuclear movementnhas made no secret of the feet that one ofntheir best tactics is to delay by court suits.n8nChronicles of Culturenlogically become a subject for left-rightnpolitical debate. That the left has uniformlynassaulted it implies an ideologicalnrather than a scientific basis for theirnopposition.nThe argument that nuclear powernwas oversold as a cure-all could be appliednto the authors in regard to theirnclaims for conservation and solar power.nThey make the valid point that a barrelnof oil saved is as good as one produced,nHoley Bonds of MatrimonynThough its primary goals ari- ihi- pruraotionnof homosexual “righi.^,” hot-tubnparties, Marxism, and pomograpliy. iht-nbut there are limits to what conservationncan do, especially if high rates ofneconomic growth are to be restored.nSolar power is still 25-50 years away accordingnto figures used by the authorsnthemselves. Solar power plays an interestingnpart in the environmental movementnIt allows critics of growth to attacknall existing forms of power generationnwhile still pretending to fevor growthnand energy development. However, it isnnot hard to predict that if solar powernever does materiali2e on a large scale,nthey will find grounds for attacking it asnwell. Their gross use of scare tacticsnproves they will say anything.nIf the economy remains stagnant,nwho will be hurt the most? Walter WUliamsnthinks that it MTII be minorityngroups. His The State Against Blacksnargues that economic opportunity spellsnsocial mobility for blacks. While racismnexists in many areas, it can be overcome.nJews, Orientals, and the Irish were oncenLIBERAL Ci ITURI: HnnnVilliiiiC VV)/(t’ i>i al.«) deeply iioiitx-rni-ilnwith Liirhing the naliiMisoliMvncdixotvirail.-.nriiii> ill :i ri-ti-iit i.vsiu- VI’ tiigajji-tlnI hi’ s(.Tii(.-.s of oni- l;irtha Ikinii’. who.si’nmarriagi- of 1 lull i’ars ni:ikL-s IKT aminht-r hushaiKl “a writabli” .Xbi^iliani aminirah among marrit-d pi’oplc.” to shaithern’M-iTil lor staying marrii-d”;nlis .siiiipk-. liwry ontv in :i whik-… runn;m;i Irom liiniK.-. I’w lumcil iliis pniontiiv DiMiri’i’ liir ,i Day’nnil- ‘i’m.Tal’)li- matron aikls a minornfa’i-at. though:nli iijs III bi- (.liiiu- rijju …. l-.vi.-ry liimiiiulcavt.ntlii-ri.’inii.Mbfarvalp(i.vsihililntliat you will ni-vir reliirii.n.ls. Huiiii- anil ” art convinieil thatnlollowing her ad’ii-f will •’sa’i- almostnaii marriagi-.'” \i- would lu’l. rather, onn”real po.ssibiliiies.” Hn