[Gasification] Nukes - OT

[Keith Addison]

>Tom put a fatwa on the OT topics.
>
>If there is enough interest I will make another list for OT subjects
>that arise from gasification.
>
>Also, the biofuels list is a lot more tolerant of political discussion.
>biofuel at sustainablelists.org

That depends, there are rules, there are quite a lot of things it 
won't tolerate. The website says: "All aspects of biofuels and their 
use are covered -- biodiesel, ethanol, other alternative fuels, 
related technologies and issues, energy issues, environment, 
sustainability and more." It all comes with a context, and all 
attempts so far to define "OT" have failed. With a global membership 
and a great diversity of views, what might be off-topic to one turns 
out to be very much on-topic to another, while "off-topic" 
digressions often turn up things that are on-topic by any measure. 
But there's room for everything (except BS), though you have to be 
prepared to substantiate what you say. Complaints about "off-topic 
political crap" and so on tend to be rather selective, all they 
usually mean is "I don't agree with it." (Well have the honesty to 
say so then.)

That email address isn't much use, by the way, you have to apply to join.

Best

Keith Addison
Journey to Forever
KYOTO Pref., Japan
http://journeytoforever.org/
Biofuel list owner



>-Mike
>
>Peter Singfield wrote:
>
> >Right on Kevin!!!
> >
> >We can even do:
> >
> >How many deaths due to hair drier
> >
> >How many deaths due to electric cloths drier
> >
> >Electric stoves
> >
> >ETC
> >
> >Peter/Belize
> >
> >At 01:20 PM 5/1/2007 -0300, Kevin Chisholm wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Dear Mike and Rob
> >>
> >>Presumably, Chernobyl was included in "Russia".
> >>
> >>The next question is one of "defining the envelope." If we deal with
> >>"Nuclear Power Plants", then deaths from Atom Bombs and Uranium Mining
> >>don't count.
> >>
> >>If we "enlarge the envelope" to include all deaths from anything
> >>associated with Nuclear Power Production, then in fairness, we should
> >>include all deaths associated with Coal Power Production. This would not
> >>includeActs of War, such as Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Such peripheral
> >>deaths would include:
> >>* Radon poisoning from coal fired power plant stacks.
> >>* Mercury poisoning from coal fired power plant stacks.
> >>* Arsenic poisoning from coal fired power plant stacks.
> >>* Deaths of coal miners producing the coal for coal fired power plants.
> >>* Railroad and truck deaths hauling the coal for coal fired power plants.
> >>* etc, etc.
> >>
> >>There is a merit to broadening the argument. Perhaps the question posed
> >>should be "What technology provides electric power at the least total
> >>cost to Society?"
> >>
> >>Best wishes,
> >>
> >>Kevin