Re: Europe, the US, and Environmentalism

[J. van Baardwijk]

At 00:51 4-7-01 +0100, Andy Crystall wrote:

>Now look at the cancer rates arround a COAL fired power station..
>over EIGHT times, in some cases, the national average. And that's
>before we consider the CO� and other pollutants it spews...

Maybe that's true, maybe it isn't. I don't know -- I don't have the data.

Your statement looks like that old tactic: tone down a problem by pointing 
at an other, bigger problem. But that's not gonna work -- not on this list.

The issue here is whether or not nuclear power plants are safe. Pointing at 
conventional power plants and say "the cancer rates around those are MUCH 
higher than around nuclear plants" does not proof that nuclear power plants 
are safe. It only points out that nuclear plants aren't the *only* problem.


Jeroen

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