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- From: russ@pmafire.inel.gov (Russ Brown)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.144109.29873@pmafire.inel.gov>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 14:41:09 GMT
- Organization: WINCO
- Subject: Re: Greenpeace press rele
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- In article <5698.1017.uupcb@spacebbs.com> john.holmgren@spacebbs.com (John Holmgren) writes:
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- > I think the REAL problem (and maybe this is only MY problem) is that the
- >noxious deadly material is brought together and concentrated from all over
- >the world, and then it produces useful energy which is disbursed, and then
- >there is a horrendous residue of deadly stuff left over. Seems to me that
- >this is the wrong way 'round. Seems to me we're just serving the old god
- >of the 19th century: spend anything on centralized capital costs to save
- >money on marginal costs. The ugly side-effect is the Love Canal or
- >Hanford or Chernobyl phenomena, which brings home the point of the
- >deadliness of this stuff, AND how easily safety precautions are ignored by
- >executives and bureaucrats under pressure.
- > Thus, it seems to me that distributed production of energy makes more
- >sense. Which is one of the reasons I like Solar power and fuel alcohol.
- >
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- Is the above-mentioned "Hanford...phenomenon(a)" a suggestion that there
- have been impacts on human health in the region? If so, I would
- appreciate knowing just what they were.
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- I have mortality data for all cancer types from 1950-87 on my computer,
- and both the upwind and downwind regions and individual counties are
- significantly below normal for the U.S.
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- Could the author of this statement be using widely-held and cherished
- beliefs (a la Greenpeace or HEAL press releases) as a basis, or are my
- data all wrong?
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