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- Ball is in favour of nuclear power and has given many talks and speeches arguing for the development of nuclear power.
- He rejects the notion of man-made climate change, arguing that carbon dioxide has been unfairly victimised in the debate. On 15 December 2009, Ball was booed off stage at a show "in celebration of ... science" in London for suggesting that climate change is not anthropogenic.
- In November 2006, he voiced his opposition to the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act, which would require any adult working with children to be vetted by the Criminal Records Bureau. In an interview with The Sunday Times, he said: "It is like George Orwell's 1984... a quarter of adults will have to be checked... The fear we are instilling in is abhorrent."
- He was Rector of the University of Glasgow from 1993 to 1996.
- Johnny Ball is a declared supporter of the FatallyFlawed campaign against the use of plug-in socket covers.
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