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- From: jym@remarque.berkeley.edu (Jym Dyer)
- Newsgroups: talk.environment
- Subject: Re: GreenHype
- Date: 24 Jul 1992 16:25:44 GMT
- Organization: The Naughty Peahen Party Line
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- Message-ID: <Jym.24Jul1992.9am2@naughty-peahen.org>
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- In-reply-to: jjh00@outs.ccc.amdahl.com's message of 11 Jul 92 01:44:05 GMT
-
- > Jym forwarded onto sci.environment a GreenHype press release
- > that proudly explained how a Colorado schoolteacher was
- > teaching his kids that nuclear wastes remain dangerous for
- > a *quarter-billion* years.
-
- =\= And as I recall, I also provided phone numbers for folks
- to check to see if this was what was really said (as oppposed
- to, say, being a typo), how the schoolteacher may have arrived
- at the figure, etc. None of Greenpeace's critics bothered to
- pay that much attention to it -- it's much easier to flame.
-
- > This year, we have been treated to the GreenHype opinion that
- > all industrial uses of chlorine chemistry should be halted to
- > "save the Ozone layer"
-
- =\= The opinion is that the many, many side effects of the
- production of chlorine products -- even if you choose to dis-
- count or completely disbelieve any effect they might have on the
- ozone layer -- outweigh the benefits derived from such products,
- especially given the alternatives. Greenpeace has provided a
- detailed analysis of this situation (see Joe Thornton's report,
- _The_Product_is_the_Poison_, and have compiled a comprehensive
- list of alternatives.
-
- =\= I have brought this up before, of course. Several times,
- in fact. But the Greenpeace critics can't be bothered to pay
- attention to it -- it's much easier to flame.
- <_Jym_>
-