I like radioactive, especially when it's on 11.
Walt
In article <55854.66.73.245.4.1143814432.squirrel@webmail.omg-stfu.com>,
josh.lists@omg-stfu.com ("Josh Battles") writes:
>
>
> On Thu, March 30, 2006 6:43 pm, Rick Barnes wrote:
> >
> > Yeah, that figures...the one thing we have plenty of, coal, you want to
stop
> > using....radioactive? pfffttt...by the way, nuclear plants do not give off
> > ANY radioactive emissions...nice fictional site though...don't believe
> > everything you read tree hugger. State of Fear by Michael Creighton will
> > snap you out of your fog.
>
> Whether you believe me or not is irrellivant, coal ash IS radioactive and the
> plants emit more radiation than a nuclear plant does.
>
> Perhaps a little light reading about nuclear plant emissions is in order:
>
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1437/v1/part03.htm
l#39
>
> Perhaps some more light reading from the office of nuclear energy?
> http://www.nuclear.gov/pubs/answers.pdf
> Directly from pages 7 & 8 of this pdf:
>
> "We also receive radiation from man-made sources. In the U.S., most man-made
> radiation comes from mechanical and dental sources, including X-rays, medical
> diagnoses, and treatment. It also comes from smoke detectors, television
> sets, nuclear power plants, and emissions from coal-fired power plants."
>
> Note the listing of coal-fired power plants, which you say don't give off
> radiation either.
>
> Which site was fictional? All sites I've listed, save for one, have been
> government sites.
>
> Good job basing your entire argument on a *fictional* piece of literature.
> While parts of that novel may be based on truth, it's still a work of fiction
> as a whole. Perhaps you are the one who needs to not believe everything they
> read. Start with this message if you like but that won't change the facts
> I've posted here.
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