Worried about ground water contamination? Have a look at this: http://www.madison.com/tct/mad/topstories/432905 "Is toxic coal ash a danger in Wisconsin? Tennessee disaster raises concerns"
"Bill proposed to regulate coal ash" http://in.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idINTRE50D6SD20090114 As Michael hinted, if the gasseous and solid waste products of coal-fired power plants were regulated as carefully as nuclear plants, the cost of new coal plants would be just as staggering as the cost of new nuclear plants, because coal plants have had a free ride capitalizing on environmental and human health externalities. -dl From: Don Libby Newsgroups: gmane.science.general.global-change To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 9:26 AM Subject: [Global Change: 3076] Re: The staggering cost of new nuclear power The evidence for safe long-term storage with water flow considerations comes from Oklo Gabon, where plutonium produced by natural reactors appears to have remained in place, despite the presence of free-flowing water. Google Oklo or read the book I cited. Nick Santos wrote: radioactive elements well *without* regard for resources our societies intend to use in the future. Containment by the planet often does not necessarily include prevention of groundwater seepage. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Global Change ("globalchange") newsgroup. Global Change is a public, moderated venue for discussion of science, technology, economics and policy dimensions of global environmental change. Posts will be admitted to the list if and only if any moderator finds the submission to be constructive and/or interesting, on topic, and not gratuitously rude. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/globalchange -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
