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NNadir

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10. Isn't it amusing how we can't release low level tritiated water without protests, and yet...

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Tue Aug 24, 2021, 06:42 PM

Aug 2021

...dump 35 billion tons of carbon dioxide per year on the planet along with other dangerous fossil fuel waste, thus killing seven million people per year.

The people protesting in this picture are not "environmental activists" any more than Robert F. Kennedy Jr and his anti-vax squad are "health activists."

They are, to put it mildly, uneducated fools.

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Japan seeks support for Fukushima nuclear water release [View all] Omaha Steve Aug 2021 OP

NO! Just plain no! n/t nocoincidences Aug 2021 #1

Horror movie imitates life, Jetheels Aug 2021 #2

Godzilla! Bayard Aug 2021 #3

The decision has been made by Japan: dilution is the solution Submariner Aug 2021 #4

I don't want to bring a Geiger Counter to the fish department. no_hypocrisy Aug 2021 #5

Unfortunately. Snackshack Aug 2021 #6

RIGHT This is why nuclear power is not the answer. elleng Aug 2021 #7

Let's be clear on something OK? NNadir Aug 2021 #11

So everything. Snackshack Aug 2021 #15

Your body contains about 4000 Beq of radioactive potassium-40 if you weigh 70 kg. NNadir Aug 2021 #19

To be fair, that was an old reactor right next to a coast with a history of huge tsunamis betsuni Aug 2021 #17

The ocean naturally has a huge amount of radioactive uranium suspended in the water madville Aug 2021 #8

Quadruple Meltdown includes one plutonium reactor. Kid Berwyn Aug 2021 #9

That's OK. Very few anti-nukes mention the 19,000 people who die every damned day from air... NNadir Aug 2021 #13

Great condescension! Kid Berwyn Aug 2021 #16

Do you work for the fossil fuel industry? NNadir Aug 2021 #18

Great ad hominem. Kid Berwyn Aug 2021 #20

Isn't it amusing how we can't release low level tritiated water without protests, and yet... NNadir Aug 2021 #10

The saddest thing is... Jedi Guy Aug 2021 #12

Right. Deliberate ignorance is the worst form of ignorance. We're seeing exactly that... NNadir Aug 2021 #14

Japan dumps worse shit in the ocean and atmosphere every fucking minute. So does the U.S.A. hunter Aug 2021 #21

K an R for a most important topic. oasis Aug 2021 #22