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Italy Votes To Abandon Nuclear Power

Posted by Soulskill on from the giving-progress-the-boot dept.

ElementOfDestruction writes "Italy has joined Germany in halting the production of energy from atomic power generation. This differs from Germany in that the Italian decision was made by a public vote, rather than a government mandated shutdown. 57% of Italian Households voted in this public measure. While democracy should trump all, is it wise to hold majority opinion so high that it slows down progress?"

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  1. Re:Solution? by hort_wort · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    What do you do when the voters are conditioned and misinformed and the majority is wrong?

    I had a nightmare once that Bin Laden was trying to recruit me. He started his pitch with this exact sentence. Creepy.