Yes, I'm serious. It's the same aluminum, just in a different location.
There is nothing inherently evil about aluminum being in a Maine landfill in
the form of a can rather than in the ground in Argentina in the form of
particles. The only thing bad about it is that a few people who live near the
landfill might not like it. So why do they choose to live near the landfill?
The only point I'm trying to make here is that some things we get really upset
about are not in and of themselves bad, some of us just don't like them.
If I moved to the desert and then complained about not having enough water, or
about having to transport it at great effort and expense, I could rightfully be
laughed at for having moved to such an arid place. Yet people are moving to
desert areas of the states in droves, and they are complaining about the lack
of water. Like the people who buy houses near an airport runway, then complain
about the noise. Go figure.
Apologies for continuing this CS-irrelevant thread. I'll stop now.
Dick
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From: Bob Banever <bbane...@earthlink.net>
To: silver-list@eskimo.com
Sent: Fri, April 23, 2010 9:54:22 AM
Subject: Re: CS>A closer look at americium 241 from a smoke detector
Richard,
You can't be
serious, right? Aluminum is found in abundance in the earth's crust but it
isn't found in the form of beer cans. If these things degrade at all it
will probably take thousands of years for them to revert back to the
nanoparticles of aluminum found in soil. In the mean time they pollute our
environment. If water wasn't important to conserve then why do we have
periodic draughts in various parts of the country causing food shortages and
dust storms? Sure the water is "still there" in the form of evaporation or
salt water, a useless form for most human needs.
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