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National Geographic : 1982 Dec
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We all know the folly of dependence on un reliable sources for our fuel. "There are risks associated with nuclear power, but there are risks associated with coal-fired plants, with getting on an air plane, with walking across the street. Soci ety accepts certain risks. "We have to have energy. How should we produce it? It's a matter of weighing choices and getting down to what I think is an ines capable answer." To some, that answer is escapable. "The solution to our energy problem is ob vious, and it need not include nuclear," said Robert Backus, attorney for one of the groups opposing Seabrook. Backus favors converting oil-fired plants to coal, alterna tives such as hydro, and conservation. "The demand for additional power in New En gland has died down," he said. "That should be good news; conservation is in the national interest. But it's not good news if you're building a nuclear plant." Before Seabrook can obtain an operating license, federal regulations require a plan to evacuate the area in case of a serious acci dent. Battle lines are being drawn along nearby ocean beaches. "The beaches are the key," said Backus. "You have a potentially dense population without adequate shelter, not even the shel ter of the clothing we wear most of the time. They are downwind from the reactor, and there's a marsh behind them." Harrison responds: "Whatever has to be done-if we have to build roads-we'll do it. First word on the presidentialrace comes from these voters-plus a few others-in the far northernhamlet of Dixville Notch only moments after midnight on the day New Hampshireinauguratesthe primary-electionseason. Onetime country boy Neil Tillotson,foreground, establisheda factory and revitalized a resort hotel here, breathing new life into this community near land homesteaded by his great-grandfather.Says he of the north, "People here don't work for you. They work with you." ContraryNew Hampshire 779
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