Comment Re:Don't be stupid (Score 1) 609
It makes a hell of a difference, whether they are bound in chemically forms completely harmless to mankind or not.
Think CFCs. They are no trouble if sealed away. They are not even a so though problem if their are in the lower parts of the athmosphere. But IF they get up (and things lighter than air tend to go up ;-), they destroy the ozone layer. Bad thing.
Other example.
Carbon. Coal. Lumber. Do you think a tree has the same hazardous effect on people when it stands in a forest and when it drifts as ashes through your city?
Think CFCs. They are no trouble if sealed away. They are not even a so though problem if their are in the lower parts of the athmosphere. But IF they get up (and things lighter than air tend to go up
Other example.
Carbon. Coal. Lumber. Do you think a tree has the same hazardous effect on people when it stands in a forest and when it drifts as ashes through your city?
