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"New data points to a stark gender split in attitudes towards nuclear energy,
with women much more likely to say they don’t support it or think the risks are
too great.
Research company DemosAu surveyed 6,000 people on behalf of the Australian
Conservation Foundation and found 26% of women thought nuclear energy would be
good for Australia, compared with 51% of men.
DemosAu head of research, George Hasanakos, said the 25 percentage point gender
gap was “the sharpest divide in attitudes between men and women” that the
research firm had seen on any issue.
The polling found the split was pronounced regardless of the age of the people
surveyed, with young men and women just as divided as those from older
generations.
While 51% of men agreed nuclear energy would be good for Australia, that
support dropped when asked if they would be happy to live near a nuclear plant.
A reported 38% of men agreed they would support a nuclear plant being located
close to their city, with 44% disagreeing and 18% neutral. Among women, just
18% agreed they would be happy to have a nuclear plant near their city, with
63% disagreeing and 19% neutral.
“Men support nuclear much more than women,” the ACF chief executive, Kelly
O’Shanassy, said.
“But as soon as you ask men more details such as ‘Would you be happy to live
next door to a plant?’ or ‘Do you think one will be built within the next
decade?’ – that level of support really comes down.”"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
