On 24 Jun 2008 15:31:09 GMT, Jim Yanik wrote:

:Paul M. Eldridge wrote in
:
:
: For all the panty-waists out there who whine about CFLs containing
: mercury and, in particular, those who oppose the use of energy saving
: lamps and advocate the construction of more coal-fired plants instead:
:
:why not NUCLEAR power plants? They are clean,safe,and practical.
:We'll need them anyways for plug-in electric autos.
:Good high paying jobs,too. GOOD for the economy.

Nuclear? Clean safe and practical? Huh? Ask people in Eastern Europe
about Chernobyl.

Also, they haven't come up with a decent means of dealing with nuclear
waste. You cannot demonstrate that it's clean, safe or practical.

Dan