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- From: john.holmgren@spacebbs.com (John Holmgren)
- Newsgroups: sci.energy
- Subject: Re: Greenpeace press rele
- Message-ID: <5743.1017.uupcb@spacebbs.com>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 13:11:00 GMT
- Distribution: world
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- Reply-To: john.holmgren@spacebbs.com (John Holmgren)
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- JW>On the news last night: Greenpeace releases a commissioned report (fr
- JW>someone in the U.S.) demonstrating that the chances of a meltdown acci
- JW>in a CANDU reactor are 1 in 17, which they point out are better odds t
- JW>the chance of throwing snake eyes with dice.
- JW>
- JW>Biggest understatement (paraphrased): "These numbers don't agree with
- JW>(Ontario Hydro spokesman)
- JW>
- JW>Second biggest understatement (paraphrased): "Making this kind of sta
- JW>borders on the irresponsible." (Ontario Hydro spokesman)
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- Hey, I'll accept that: probably, the GP numbers are incorrect or
- exaggerated. Maybe you even know what the correct odds are.
- 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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