[geeks] Global warming, was Mr Bill?

[Sridhar Ayengar]

wa2egp at att.net wrote:
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> From: Sridhar Ayengar <ploopster at gmail.com>
>> Sandwich Maker wrote:
>>> another: given the half-lives involved, the effects from high-level
>>> waste would persist for millions, if not tens or even hundreds of
>>> millions of years.  global warming would not, and the geological record
>>> shows that the planet has survived it before.
>> The vast majority of radioactive compounds currently being released into 
>> the atmosphere comes from burning coal for power.
>>
>> Peace...  Sridhar
> 
> Actually it's in the ash that's left behind.

It's in both, actually.  The lion's share remains in the ash, but there 
is still a large amount that gets sent skywards.

Peace...  Sridhar