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From: 'Hog on 18 Jan 2010 12:54 crn(a)NOSPAM.netunix.com wrote: > DozynSleepy <DozynSleepy(a)ireallymeannospam.invalid> wrote: >> >> Stuff really has to pass the "would I have it in my back yard" test. >> Don't suppose I would like a coal *or* nuclear powered station at the >> end of my street. Coal because of it's immediate dirtiness, nuclear >> because of it's long term dirtiness. > > Coal power stations emit more radioactive fallout than nuclear > stations. Surprising but true. I don't tell people that any more because they don't believe it. Though it is true enough. -- Hog
From: ginge on 18 Jan 2010 12:57 On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:58:11 +0000, Champ <news(a)champ.org.uk> wrote: >On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:41:44 GMT, "J�r�my" <a(a)b.com> wrote: > >>I'm coming to this thread a bit late, but I think you'll find this >>interesting: >> >> http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/health-bodies-140110 >> >>(ICRC notes on management of dead bodies during disaster operations). >>It's a myth, which shows up again after every major disaster, that >>bodies are a serious public health concern. > >I found that extremely interesting, and it certainly contradicted the >common view. I may be less than sensitive about such matters, but one thing I've never really understood is why mass graves are seen as acceptable, but building an enormous funeral pyre and burning a heap of corpses at the same time, isn't. I'd prefer to be burnt than later dug up by foxes.
From: 'Hog on 18 Jan 2010 13:00 ginge wrote: > On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:58:11 +0000, Champ <news(a)champ.org.uk> wrote: > >> On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:41:44 GMT, "J�r�my" <a(a)b.com> wrote: >> >>> I'm coming to this thread a bit late, but I think you'll find this >>> interesting: >>> >>> http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/health-bodies-140110 >>> >>> (ICRC notes on management of dead bodies during disaster >>> operations). It's a myth, which shows up again after every major >>> disaster, that bodies are a serious public health concern. >> >> I found that extremely interesting, and it certainly contradicted the >> common view. > > I may be less than sensitive about such matters, but one thing I've > never really understood is why mass graves are seen as acceptable, but > building an enormous funeral pyre and burning a heap of corpses at the > same time, isn't. > > I'd prefer to be burnt than later dug up by foxes. So that some bunch of sick fuckers can come along later and dig you up? as happened with many a mass war grave. -- Hog
From: Mick Whittingham on 18 Jan 2010 13:48 In article <4b54a064$0$2537$da0feed9(a)news.zen.co.uk>, 'Hog <sm911SPAM(a)CHIPShotmail.co.uk> writes >crn(a)NOSPAM.netunix.com wrote: >> DozynSleepy <DozynSleepy(a)ireallymeannospam.invalid> wrote: >>> >>> Stuff really has to pass the "would I have it in my back yard" test. >>> Don't suppose I would like a coal *or* nuclear powered station at the >>> end of my street. Coal because of it's immediate dirtiness, nuclear >>> because of it's long term dirtiness. >> >> Coal power stations emit more radioactive fallout than nuclear >> stations. Surprising but true. > >I don't tell people that any more because they don't believe it. Though it >is true enough. > I tried telling an anti nuclear, pro coal power station guy that in my old pub in Kent. He just fell about laughing in disbelief. He went very quiet when I brought in some data of the net the next night. -- Mick Whittingham 'and I will make it a felony to drink small beer.' William Shakespeare, Henry VI part 2.
From: 'Hog on 18 Jan 2010 13:54
Mick Whittingham wrote: > In article <4b54a064$0$2537$da0feed9(a)news.zen.co.uk>, 'Hog > <sm911SPAM(a)CHIPShotmail.co.uk> writes >> crn(a)NOSPAM.netunix.com wrote: >>> DozynSleepy <DozynSleepy(a)ireallymeannospam.invalid> wrote: >>>> >>>> Stuff really has to pass the "would I have it in my back yard" >>>> test. Don't suppose I would like a coal *or* nuclear powered >>>> station at the end of my street. Coal because of it's immediate >>>> dirtiness, nuclear because of it's long term dirtiness. >>> >>> Coal power stations emit more radioactive fallout than nuclear >>> stations. Surprising but true. >> >> I don't tell people that any more because they don't believe it. Though >> it is true enough. >> > I tried telling an anti nuclear, pro coal power station guy that in my > old pub in Kent. He just fell about laughing in disbelief. > > He went very quiet when I brought in some data of the net the next > night. I've never met a Pro Coal power advocate. Thank ged. -- Hog |