2011/3/13 John Francis <[email protected]>: >> >> that is so disgustingly cynical. if you care to know what severe >> nuclear contamination does, point your google fu to "fallujah depleted >> uranium" - the faint hearted may not want to do an image search... >> makes you wonder what payroll the author is on... > > Really? Should we also wonder if you are on the payroll of a coal or oil > company, because you produce a one-sided condemnation of nuclear power?
John, IMO it is a valid question to ask - almost all media pursue a political agenda of some kind and almost all political powers try to control the media in some way, either by ownership or other direct/indirect influence or by censorship. my statement on the other hand was an expression of my disbelief of the statement quoted and my puzzlement at what the author was trying to say. I'm still not sure but the impression on me is he is trying to make it look not all that bad... what would be the point of that? I can't think of anything else but to convince people that nuclear contamination to the point of potentially causing 200K+ people to lose their homes isn't such a big deal. but I am open to another explanation if you feel I misread that paragraph. but there was nothing in my statement to make oil or coal look better. I prefer sustainable energy and I even more prefer reducing my consumption. > You might want to take a look at a short science fiction story from 1954, > "On the Feasibility of Coal Driven Power Stations", written by O.R. Frisch. > > That might put some things into perspective. I will. Even though I am not a coal man at all. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
