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- From: constant@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (Tino)
- Subject: Re: Greenpeace press rele
- Message-ID: <1993Jan24.201650.13715@gn.ecn.purdue.edu>
- Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
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- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 93 20:16:50 GMT
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- In article <5743.1017.uupcb@spacebbs.com> john.holmgren@spacebbs.com (John Holmgren) writes:
- > 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.
-
- Tell me how much electricity was produced for Americans by Love Canal,
- Hanford, and Chernobyl.
-
- None.
-
- Tino
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