Re: GP: tick tock

[AtomicRod@aol.com]

In a message dated 10/10/02 11:44:42 AM, tomgray@igc.org writes:

>> A dirty energy source causes visual pollution also but not to the some
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>extent
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>> a wind farm does because a wind farm is spread out over many miles where
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>> coal fired plant or a nuke plant has a small foot print.
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>> John D'Angelo
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>Correct.  All they do is change the climate, generate mountains of waste,
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>pollute and poison the air and water, spoil the pristine views with haze
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>. but
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>that small footprint, ya gotta love it.
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>Meanwhile, the clock ticks on.  I buy green tags.

Tom:

You were obviously talking about coal with your above statement. The grand 
total waste produced so far by all US commercial nuclear plants would 
comfortably fit into a single football stadium without reaching much past the 
10th row of seats. Not exactly a mountain, even though the federal government 
and the nuclear industry stupidly insist that it will take a mountain to 
house this "waste." 

(I put the word in quotes since supposedly spent nuclear fuel still retains 
95-97% of the initial potential energy. For some reason, many people that 
would hate to throw away a single aluminum can get shudders when I tell them 
that nuclear fuel should be recycled.)

Rod Adams
www.atomicinsights.com

PS: As I was writing the above a "Beyond Petroleum" aka BP (the company 
formerly known as British Petroleum) commercial came on. They have been 
running some very interesting advertising recently talking about how they are 
the world's largest solar company and how they have invested more than half a 
billion dollars over the past five years in solar projects. 

This TV commercial stated that the company is investing $15 BILLION to find 
oil and gas in North America. My parish priest (I am not Catholic but we use 
the same terminology) used to tell us that he could tell where a person's 
heart was by watching where he put his treasure. I suppose the same comment 
applies to multinational companies.

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