Wednesday, November 7, 2007

NIMBY and BANANA

The objection to have nuclear power plants in the neigbourhood was encapsulated in the acronym NIMBY - Not In My Back Yard. This is not so bad because we can go to someone else backyard. The backyard of those who support nuclear unconditionally. Those in the NIMBY group support nuclear energy, but only if the nuclear power reactor is sited away form their backyards...
The BANANA group - Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anything, or Near Anyone. This is tough. Anything means not just nuclear power plant, but could also be chemical plant, etc. I first heard of it, in a nuclear power conference; obviously 'anything' in this case refers to nuclear power plant, in Hong Kong in 2006. That probably is not new.. only new to me..

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