[geeks] Global warming, was Mr Bill?

[Sridhar Ayengar]

wa2egp at att.net wrote:
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> From: Sridhar Ayengar <ploopster at gmail.com>
>> 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
> 
> If the plant collects the ash correctly.  Most are getting pretty good.

Not all of the radioactive compounds that are released from burning coal 
are solids.

Peace...  Sridhar