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NNadir

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2. Vermont was the only State in the Union, at one time, that did not emit carbon dioxide to generate electricity,
Sun Apr 19, 2026, 08:12 AM
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However, antinuke paranoids, with an idiotic concern about tritium, worked to close the Vermont Yankee Nuclear plant, killing people, since combustion of anything, including wood, especially wood, produces air pollution and air pollution kills people.

(I doubt anyone ever died in Vermont from tritium exposure.)

This is well known, including in Vermont, that wood smoke is toxic. From the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation:

Health and the Environment

Is Natural Wood Smoke Harmful?

Yes, all wood smoke is harmful, but smoke from uncertified outdoor hydronic heaters is worse due to the poor combustion and large amounts of smoke emitted. While smoke and gases from burning fossil fuels, such as oil, contain air pollutants like sulfur dioxide, the smoke from wood burning contains much higher levels of small particles. In fact, the vast majority of particulate in woodsmoke is very fine (less than 2.5 microns in size) and can become trapped in the delicate air exchange sacs deep in your lungs when inhaled. Numerous studies have found strong relationships between high fine particulate levels and chronic lung diseases, cardiovascular disease and premature death. According to the American Lung Association, the fine particulate found in woodsmoke can be linked to higher school absenteeism, emergency room visits and hospitalizations for cardiopulmonary conditions, respiratory infections and asthma.


Every time, without exception, anywhere on the planet, when a nuclear plant is shut by appeals to ignorance, people are killed.

There are no exceptions to this fact.

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