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  Insulting

  It is especially insulting to use this false quote together with a link to the real statement. It shows that Roberts did have access to the original and that he though no one would bother to look it up.

  This is the kind of sloppy reporting that can be used to downplay the entire story of FBI monitoring environmental groups. The right loves to find some detail that is wrong in a story, attack it and make the rest of the story be forgotten.On 'Eco-terrorism' is the feds' new all-purpose excuse to increase domestic surveillance. posted 4 years, 6 months ago 5 Responses

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  Unpredictable

  As odograph points out research is unpredicatable. We need to invest in fission, fusion, wind, solar, tidal etc to find which ones turn out to be the best for the future, and to derail the fossil fuel juggernaut.On Clean energy tech is not frozen in time. posted 4 years, 6 months ago 5 Responses

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  Communes

  Anyone interested in how communist societies work, or don't work, should read about about the Iseali kibbutz system. It worked without political oppression, but certainly not witout some strain.
  On Revisiting the 1970s eco-cult classic that gripped a nation posted 4 years, 6 months ago 10 Responses

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  Plutonium

  Plutonium isn't by any measure the most toxic substance known even if the myth says so. If you want poisonous go to natural, organic stuff like botoulin.On Some not-entirely-coherent thoughts on nuclear power. posted 4 years, 6 months ago 34 Responses

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  Elena's story from Chernobyl

  It is an interesting story with some good photos, but one should also consider that the text is as much about rumors as about facts. Lacking any trust in the government stories get told and retold, getting better every time. In many cases the areas people were forced to leave were less dangerous than the cities they were moved to. (the Soviet Union had lots of coal plants with no filters).

  I wouldn't mind taking a trip to see the area surrounding the reactor. I have actually been on a visit inside Ignalina in a trip to Lithuania where we one day tried to find wolves and the next looked at their most polluting industries. I've also seen Famagusta, although only from a distance. (It's a city in Cyprus that was evacuated when the Turks invaded)On Some not-entirely-coherent thoughts on nuclear power. posted 4 years, 6 months ago 34 Responses