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Comment Re:Bah, fake posturing. - WHAT? (Score 1) 401

Jesus, what an idiot.

What is happening right now in the upper midwest is called "weather" not "climate".
Climate is a large-scale phenomenon (e.g. hemispheres) averaged over a long time (years or decades)
while weather is a small-scale phenomenon (e.g. "upper midwest") measured over a short time (weeks or months).

Looking at world climate, eight of the ten hottest years in history have occurred since 2000. The other two were in the late 90's.

Comment Re:Bah, fake posturing. (Score 1) 401

You clearly have zero knowledge of how uranium ore is processed into usable fuel.
Only an time fraction of the original ore is uranium.
Even then, the radiation level from an entire ton from of freshly-processed and purified U3O8 is about half that of what you will experience on a commercial jet flight.
Even after the fuel has been used in a reactor, it is still produces millions of times more radiation than the original ore.

Comment Re:Bah, fake posturing. (Score 1) 401

If you have an irrational fear of buried nuclear isotopes then you should probably be more scared about the unspent versions that occur naturally.

There's nothing irrational about it, given that the post-fuel isotopes are millions of times more concentrated, and hence more dangerous, than the ones in the ground.

Comment Re:Really good question (Score 1) 326

I imagine most just don't know what "Astrology" means off the tops of their head, and they probably think it's some scientific term for astronomy

It sounds like a short form of astrophysics.
They should have defined the terms before asking the questions.
This was a very poorly written survey.

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