Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site mnetor.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcsri!utcs!mnetor!clewis From: clewis@mnetor.UUCP Newsgroups: can.politics Subject: Re: The Safest Way Message-ID: <2228@mnetor.UUCP> Date: Thu, 19-Sep-85 15:19:26 EDT Article-I.D.: mnetor.2228 Posted: Thu Sep 19 15:19:26 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 20-Sep-85 08:44:13 EDT References: <1386@utcsri.UUCP> <5952@utzoo.UUCP> <820@water.UUCP> Reply-To: clewis@mnetor.UUCP (Chris Lewis) Organization: Computer X (CANADA) Ltd., Toronto, Ontario, Canada Lines: 44 Summary: In article <9@ubc-cs.UUCP> morrison@ubc-cs.UUCP (Rick Morrison) writes: >It has been said in this forum that: > >>The combustion of Coal (mainly for the generation of power) in the >>States kills 30,000 people. > Where on earth did this come from, AECL brochures? Nope. A DHEW report. >>Rather than stopping one source of power >>that we *know* to be safer than what we have now, > > Of course, we don't *know*, and the unfortunate *fact* is that > we may not know until *long lasting* damage is done - something that > cannot be said of coal combustion. We can clean up coal combustion > now. But we aren't. And we can't, because the anti-nuke people leave no alternative. And it's still killing people. >>why not find out the *facts* about the situation... > > I couldn't agree more. In the mean time, I find the attitude of > pro-nukes, which might uncharitably be characterized as > "if you can't see it, don't worry about it" a bit naive. You are making a pretty gross assumption that that is the attitude I hold. It isn't. > Given our current understanding of the effects of introducing > highly toxic radioactive wastes into the ecosystem, which > in our less than perfect world *is* a certainty, this debate > can be little more than an argument of ignorance. Crap. Sounds like Ad-hominem again. > LONG LIVE DAVID SUZUKI AND THE CBC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I agree here. Though not necessarily with David's opinions in this area. -- Chris Lewis, UUCP: {allegra, linus, ihnp4}!utzoo!mnetor!clewis BELL: (416)-475-8980 ext. 321