02-23-2003, 04:01 AM
kandrathe,Feb 22 2003, 12:46 AM Wrote:Pete's points in the post below regarding deaths prompted me to add this; Most people do not think about the pollution we take for granted with coal fired plants. While the releases Pete speaks of were bad, the radiation is traceable, and therefore removeable. The heavy metals from coal fired plants literally rain down on us daily, have no half-life and are hard to detect and impossible to remove from the environment.Not to mention the fact that coal-burning power plants release significantly more radioactive waste into the ecosystem than nuclear power plants of comparable power output, due to traces of thorium and uranium in coal.
But whoever said that lobby groups had to be logical?