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- Newsgroups: sci.environment
- Subject: Re: Biggest bomb (#335) revisited
- Message-ID: <1992Sep1.154244.3848@desire.wright.edu>
- From: demon@desire.wright.edu (Stupendous Man)
- Date: 1 Sep 92 15:42:44 EST
- References: <1466601747@igc.apc.org>
- Organization: Demonic Possesions, Inc.
- Summary: But wait, there's more! The atmosphere will catch fire, too!
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- In article <1466601747@igc.apc.org>, Wanda Ballentine <wandab@igc.apc.org> writes:
- >
- > I found Joe Vialls' article, "The Biggest Bomb on Earth" very
- > alarming, considering that it looks like war could erupt in the
- > Middle East again any time. So I sent it off to various
- > government officials. Here is what I received from Senator
- > Packwood's office. Any comments?
-
- Joe Vialls is on the same level as Fred Leuchter (sp?), scientifically.
- He decides what political outcome he wants, then looks just far enough to make
- the situation seem plausible.
-
- > Review of Joe Vialls' Article
- > "The Biggest Bomb on Earth"
- >
- > by William Happer
- > Director of Energy Research
- > Science and Technology Advisor to the Secretary of Energy
- > August 18, 1992
- >
- >...
- > In summary, Vialls is horribly confused because of his
- > almost complete ignorance of oil, gas, oil fields,
- > atmospheric dynamics, burning, detonation, the long history
- > of futile military attempts to use fuel-air explosives and
- > the reasons for the failures. "The Biggest Bomb on Earth" is
- > poorly researched science fiction.
-
- Heh. Kinda makes you nostalgic for certain other oil-well posts, eh?
-
- Brett
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