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Old 03-15-2013, 03:52 PM   #597 (permalink)
jamesqf
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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard View Post
Let's choose to not soil our only planet, okay? Let's instead choose to cooperate with the cycle of life - we cannot survive without it. We can use our brains to do the right thing, and that has to be based on our best understanding of how the world works.
Yes, and part of that understanding ought to be the lesson of Chernobyl, which is that the effects of a full-scale nuclear meltdown are far less detrimental to the environment than ordinary human activities.

PS: And if you think the sun is harmless, go lay on the beach all day without sunscreen :-)