Ray, Both coal and uranium are bad for the environment. The difference is that coal kills current folks primarily. We need to adopt the Native American viewpoint. Some conservatives are going to ask "do you want to go back to a primitive state of life?" I have been there and done that a lot and it ain't bad.
Bill On Sat, 31 May 2003 00:17:07 -0400 "Ray Evans Harrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Wh.......at? You are leaving crucial information out as you do > frequently. The key is the word casualty. Black lung is bad > but not > nearly as terminal as soon as silicosis in lead and zinc mines and > the kill > ratio in the Uranium mines was 100%. I guess you mean they all > died > eventually or are you spouting industry stats? > > I don't know about how early the Uranium miners died but I suspect > it has to > do with you wattage stats but that would be just speculation. I > was > around mining stats for years and companies just make up things. > They > told us the tailing ponds were safe to swim in but my mom said that > she > would spank us both if she ever heard of it. Today, we have > enough lead > in our bones without having emersed ourselves in that beautiful > clear lead > water. They are still OK ing the water for drinking which is > highly > suspect even today. > > If there is more radioactivity in coal tailings than in uranium then > why did > the only thing killing us in those strip mine swimming holes was > eating too > soon and drowning or the water moccassins? On the other hand all > of those > Navajo kids have cancer from swimming in the tailing water. > Facts like > these are the big reasons that the conservatives want to do away > with PBS. > They call PBS prejudiced towards environmentalists. Indian > people call > them the only good thing going. > > REH > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Harry Pollard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2003 12:01 AM > Subject: RE: [Futurework] Lovely low level radiation? Proposal for > new > Whitehouse dinnerware > > > > Lawry, > > > > The casualty rate for uranium miners is about the same as coal > miners. > > However, far less uranium is required than coal than for same > wattage. > > > > I'm not sure how much less, but I do know that the wattage that > fills one > > truck of uranium waste, fills 35,000 trucks with coal waste. > > > > Oh, yes. There's more radioactivity in the coal waste than in the > uranium > > waste, but who knows where it goes? > > > > Harry > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Lawrence wrote: > > > > >I would guess that if uranium miners are radioactive, it would be > because > > >they inhaled radioactive particles that are embedded in their > lungs. But > > >irradiated food does not take in any radioactive particles, as I > understand > > >it: it just receives radiation that kills germs (I guess?) but is > left > > >uncontaminated itself, after the exposure. E.g. when I have an > x-ray, I > am > > >not left contaminated. If I inhale a plutonium particle, I am in > serious > > >trouble. > > > > > >Cheers, > > >L > > > > > > **************************************************** > > Harry Pollard > > Henry George School of Social Science of Los Angeles > > Box 655 Tujunga CA 91042 > > Tel: (818) 352-4141 -- Fax: (818) 353-2242 > > http://home.attbi.com/~haledward > > **************************************************** > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > ---- > > > > > > --- > > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > Version: 6.0.484 / Virus Database: 282 - Release Date: 5/27/2003 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > > ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
