From future:
http://nextbigfuture.com/2010/05/beyond ... nding.html
I have to wonder who pays him.
This is interesting
Re: This is interesting
I've read many times that burning coal introduces a huge amount of toxins and radiation into the air. What many people don't understand is that coal is not pure. It contains all sorts of stuff like mercury and uranium, etc.Jccarlton wrote:From future:
http://nextbigfuture.com/2010/05/beyond ... nding.html
I have to wonder who pays him.
And they think Nuclear is unsafe!
Re: This is interesting
yeah when I was an energy analyst in Seattle I got the official dept of energy study that looked at radioactive and heavy metal isotopes in coal plant fly ash. While scrubbers went a long way to reducing the atmospheric footprint of flyash fallout, congress still allows coal plant operators to sell the fly ash to cement factories as filler, which causes the concrete in your house basement to emit radiation and radioactive byproducts like.... DUM DUM DUM... radon...Diogenes wrote:I've read many times that burning coal introduces a huge amount of toxins and radiation into the air. What many people don't understand is that coal is not pure. It contains all sorts of stuff like mercury and uranium, etc.Jccarlton wrote:From future:
http://nextbigfuture.com/2010/05/beyond ... nding.html
I have to wonder who pays him.
And they think Nuclear is unsafe!
They get away with telling people that radon is "naturally occuring" but not that the radon that accumulates in your basement can't be naturally emitted by the ground, because house foundations have moisture barriers that prevent most ground emitted gasses from accumulating down there. No, the radon is mostly coming from the concrete itself....