On Thu, 17 Mar 2011 18:54:17 -0000, "Tim W"
wrote:


"Just Wondering" wrote in message
...


One thing most people don't realize is that radioactive materials are
present in fossil fuels. Coal and oil fired power plants release more
radiation into the environment than a nuclear power plant does.


What? That's pretty misleading. A bit like saying a smoky old diesel is
environmentally sound because it doesn't give you any problem with
radioactive waste that has to be stored securely for several hundred years
because it is so dangerous for the environment.

A smoky old diesel is safer than a smokeless new diesel becaust the
old one put bigass particulates (aka: soot) into the air which
immediately fell to the ground and stayed there. Now, with pollution
controls and low-sulfur fuel (at nearly twice the price as old), the
output from the diesel exhaust is more deadly because it stays in the
air. It _became_ an air pollution problem when it was just an eyesore
before. A truckdrivin' friend of mine is ****ed over that.

--
A paranoid is someone who knows a little of what's going on.
-- William S. Burroughs