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RobertEarl

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2. Yep

Reply to Cleita (Reply #1)

Thu Apr 16, 2015, 04:22 PM

Apr 2015

Coal is natural. Man made radiation is not.

To be clear.... I have been fighting for emission controls on coal burners for 20 years and been labeled a radical for those efforts. I used to think man could contain nuclear power, but now see how wrong that theory was.

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Coal versus Nuclear [View all] RobertEarl Apr 2015 OP

Coal doesn't require 50,000 years to biodegrade like nuclear waste. Cleita Apr 2015 #1

Yep RobertEarl Apr 2015 #2

Also coal can be replaced with solar wind and other renewables so Cleita Apr 2015 #5

Nuclear power is awesome, but it's Fission, Fusion reactors will be ultimate greatness! snooper2 Apr 2015 #3

Centralia Pennsylvania... hunter Apr 2015 #4

Except this isn't a example of why coal power plants are bad. Lancero Apr 2015 #11

Um, why was the coal mined? hunter Apr 2015 #13

As I pointed out in my post, given the time period it was for the steel industry. Lancero Apr 2015 #18

Okay. hunter Apr 2015 #20

Here is one, Cheshire,Ohio was bougt out by AEP because of Power plant pollution mackdaddy Apr 2015 #15

Do you have any comprehension of the amount of radiation emitted... SidDithers Apr 2015 #6

No more than he has any scientific comprehension about anything. hobbit709 Apr 2015 #7

Link or slink RobertEarl Apr 2015 #10

We actually shouldn't do either. Cleita Apr 2015 #8

Don't be silly Sid... FBaggins Apr 2015 #14

... NuclearDem Apr 2015 #9

nuclear power isn't the problem, unsafe boiling water reactors based on 60's tech is the problem Amishman Apr 2015 #12

The cumulative negative effects on Earth of coal Takket Apr 2015 #16

No. RobertEarl Apr 2015 #17

Unlike the toxic waste from coal? hunter Apr 2015 #19

This is why RobertEarl Apr 2015 #21