Re: RE: Hybrids (was: Hybrid Escape)

From: droo (03dakotacc4.7_4x4@comcast.net)
Date: Fri Jun 04 2004 - 17:54:18 EDT


On Fri, 4 Jun 2004 15:06:45 -0500, Josh Battles
<jbattles@bankfinancial.com> wrote:

>
> Nuclear energy is one of the safest forms of energy out there. The main
> problem with it is that you never hear about it unless there's a
> disaster.
> Just as a fyi, a coal or natural gas fired powerplant emits more ambient
> radiation than a nuclear power plant does.
>
> It just so happens that Chernobyl was the worst accident ever so it
> sticks
> in everyone's mind, and that design isn't used anymore anyway.
>

We never used that design in the US. And as far as ambient radiation. It
all depends on what kind. There is a big difference between infrared and
gamma.

-- 
-Droo

http://www.grandroyal.org/dakota



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