[geeks] Global warming, was Mr Bill?

[wa2egp at att.net]

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From: Sridhar Ayengar <ploopster at gmail.com>
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> wa2egp at att.net wrote:
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> > From: Sridhar Ayengar <ploopster at gmail.com>
> >> Sandwich Maker wrote:
> >>> another: given the half-lives involved, the effects from high-level
> >>> waste would persist for millions, if not tens or even hundreds of
> >>> millions of years.  global warming would not, and the geological record
> >>> shows that the planet has survived it before.
> >> The vast majority of radioactive compounds currently being released into 
> >> the atmosphere comes from burning coal for power.
> >>
> >> Peace...  Sridhar
> > 
> > Actually it's in the ash that's left behind.
> 
> It's in both, actually.  The lion's share remains in the ash, but there 
> is still a large amount that gets sent skywards.
> 
> Peace...  Sridhar

If the plant collects the ash correctly.  Most are getting pretty good.

Bob