Re: LRO: Power

From: David Scheidt (dscheidt@tumbolia.com)
Date: Sun Apr 08 2001 - 12:38:34 EDT

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    On Sun, 8 Apr 2001, Robert Ries wrote:

    :"Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 09:36:46 -1000
    :From: "Peter Ogilvie" <konacoffee2@hotmail.com>
    :Subject: Re: LRO: re: power
    :
    :
    :In the 'what doesn't kill you makes you stronger' vein, hear that those
    :that haven't died of the immediate and radiation caused secondary
    :effects of the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki are living
    :longer and healthier lives than their non exposed counter parts. Looks
    :like a little radiation may be a good thing. Anybody want to volunteer
    :to find out what 'little' is??"

    Even if this is true, is it controlled for unexpected side-effects like
    they're more studied than the general population, and so see more doctors?

    :
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    :
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    :
    :Read "Know Nukes" by James Hogan in his collection "Minds, Machines
    :and Evolution". By the way, the glass bricks/desert storage idea was
    :cribbed from Spyder Robinson/R.A. Heinlein/Larry Niven or one of their
    :ilk. Apologies for non-attribution.. mea culpa! (If you have to ask
    :who these people are, you really need to look outside your own head.)

    It's also unworkable. Storage of nuclear waste needs to be safe for longer
    than one can expect people to be able to read the signs.

    -- 
    dscheidt@tumbolia.com
    Bipedalism is only a fad.
    



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