Re: Anti-WIPP article lacks critical thinking

[WJASmith@aol.com]

Susan,

I disagre with your contention that Marylia Kelley's posting on the potential 
problems with WIPP lacked critical thinking.  Although she may be more 
sensitive to the long-term risks of WIPP than you, or I, or other technical 
people in the field, I think she made some excellent points about the 
shortcomings of our institutions over the geological time frames during which 
these wastes will be stored.  

For instance, I think questioning the ability of our governmental 
institutions to prohibit oil and gas drilling near WIPP for thousands of 
years is a legitimate question that deserves a more thoughtful response than 
I have yet seen in this discussion group.  

Bill Smith
Sierra Club 
San Francisco East Bay
Military Conversion Task Force
WJASmith@AOL.com