What a refreshing view on things! Gives one hope! dee On 23 Apr 2010, at 13:43, Richard Goodwin wrote:
> If a radioactive substance is moved from one place, e.g. in the ground, to > another place, e.g., in a smoke detector, how is that "adding" to it? > > All the radioactive matter on earth is somewhere right now. When we use it, > we move it from wherever it is to some place else. We don't create it. > > Actually, you could make an argument that by mining radioactive substances > and concentrating them into reactors, bombs, or other "products", you are > making the world a bit safer, since it is easier to avoid exposure to > reactors, bombs, etc, than to the same substances all spread out in the > ground. > > I never have understood quite why people get all wrapped around the axle > about some things. For example, we take aluminum out of the ground, where it > is one of the more abundant elements in the earth's crust, and we make beer > cans out of it. But if we then put that aluminum back in the ground, e.g., > by throwing empty beer cans into the dump, people get all in a lather about > pollution. Why? We are just putting the aluminum back where we found it. > > And "wasting water". People get all wound up about using too much water. > But it's not like it gets used up. It's still there after whatever we use it > for. And it comes back to us from rain, etc. Why all the furor? > > Yeah, I know, there can be local shortages, but overall the total amount of > water on earth doesn't really change, does it? > > Dick > -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Rules and Instructions: http://www.silverlist.org Unsubscribe: <mailto:silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com?subject=unsubscribe> Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/silver-list@eskimo.com/maillist.html Off-Topic discussions: <mailto:silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com> List Owner: Mike Devour <mailto:mdev...@eskimo.com>
