David Hansen wrote:
On Wed, 08 Mar 2006 12:32:17 GMT someone who may be "dennis@home"
wrote this:-

What is interesting is the way the pro-nuclear lobby concentrates on
the power stations, at least as far as nuclear is concerned. They
don't do this accidentally.

However, in the case of coal the same people are happy to being the
deaths of thousands of coal miners into their discussion. The double
standards are amusing.

What double standards?

The ones I outlined. The deaths of thousands of coal miners in China
is often mentioned by the pro-nuclear lobby. However, they are less
keen to mention the deaths of miners in uranium mines, or the
thousands of dead from radioactive releases in the Soviet Union (and
I suspect that when we find out what has been going on in China in
this regard it will be at least as bad as the Soviet Union).


This is simple tin hat stuff. Most nuclear supporters are not
lobbyists, lets get real. Every energy option has its problems and
deaths, and a comparison of each shows nuclear to be one of the best.

Second no-one is trying to suppress the figures, there simply is no
means to do so. Its obvious enough that all mining activities cause
deaths, no sensible person seeks to pretend otherwise. Of course the
amount of coal mining is on another scale to uranium mining.

Death data for each energy industry is no secret, and anyone can quote
whichever figures they like. You can get data for power plant deaths,
mining deaths, leukaemia deaths, emphysema deaths, whatever you like.

It'll be mind-rays next.


NT