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I'd like to see a source for that. More radiation than a properly functioning nuclear plant, maybe.

For the year 1982, assuming coal contains uranium and thorium concentrations of 1.3 ppm and 3.2 ppm, respectively, each typical plant released 5.2 tons of uranium (containing 74 pounds of uranium-235) and 12.8 tons of thorium that year. Total U.S. releases in 1982 (from 154 typical plants) amounted to 801 tons of uranium (containing 11,371 pounds of uranium-235) and 1971 tons of thorium. These figures account for only 74% of releases from combustion of coal from all sources. Releases in 1982 from worldwide combustion of 2800 million tons of coal totaled 3640 tons of uranium (containing 51,700 pounds of uranium-235) and 8960 tons of thorium.

U.S. release (from combustion of 111,716 million tons): Uranium: 145,230 tons (containing 1031 tons of uranium-235) Thorium: 357,491 tons Worldwide release (from combustion of 637,409 million tons): Uranium: 828,632 tons (containing 5883 tons of uranium-235) Thorium: 2,039,709 tons

I'd rather have something that is a bit more Mac like. When I compile UNIX stuff on OS X, I configure it with --prefix=/opt/{package_name}. I can then uninstall it by just deleting the package directory and copy it to a new machine by just copying that directory. I'd love to see a simple package manager built around this idea.

I refuse to buy e-Books until the prices come down to lower than paperbacks [snip]. And I'm certainly not going to buy them if they are locked to a device or a certain company's devices.