Re: [Phys-l] global temperatures -- a modest proposal

[ludwik kowalski <kowalskil@mail.montclair.edu>]

On Apr 6, 2009, at 5:21 PM, David Appell wrote:

> LaMontagne, Bob wrote:
> > Irresponsible statements like "A Chernobyl-scale meltdown in the  
> > West"
> > are part of the reason that we are still gulping down huge  
> > quantities of
> > oil and having this silly debate about global warming.
>
> You're right -- what I wrote was flippant.
>
> But even Three Mile Island has had an impact on nuclear power's  
> portrait
> in the US, and no one died from it at all. I just meant that the
> citizenry is all too ready to emphasize a potential small number of
> deaths from nuclear power, but they ignore the bigger picture of  
> deaths
> from the pollution of coal.

That is a very important observation. No one is against using  
electricity but it kills people each year. No one is against driving  
cars, or against commercial airlines, etc.

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