🚀 go-pugleaf

Nemesis wrote:
> "Tiny Human Ferret" <ixnayamspay_klaatu@earthops.net> wrote in message
> news:3E21A6A7.2080507@earthops.net...
> 
>>clintonG wrote:
>>
>>>Some people relish their ignorance.
>>>
>>>In fact the evil filthy politicians count on it. They take it to the
>>
> bank
> 
>>>and prosper. They use it to murder, rape and pillage our planet.
>>>
>>>The usage of the word 'depleted' in the context it is used is intended
>>
> to
> 
>>>convey that the properties of the elements that were exploited to
>>>generate electrical energy have been used up. That does not mean
>>>there are no remaining physical properties not subject to the known
>>>laws of physics.
>>>
>>>In fact, once certain elements are depleted in such a manner is
>>>exactly why they become radioactive as they are no longer atomically
>>>stable.
>>
>>Far be it from me to interfere in such astonishing displays of the level
> 
> of
> 
>>ignorance which can be imparted only by a college education.
>>
>>Still, I'm just another unemployed UNIX sysadmin and so I have time to
> 
> spare
> 
>>to poke fun at you.
>>
>>These elements couldn't have been depleted by being used for nuclear
>>electrical generation, if they hadn't already been radioactive.
>>
>>Your statement, above, appears to convey the misinformation that stable
>>isotopes are used to generate electricity by making them radioactive.
>>
>>That is exactly backwards.
> 
> 
> Well look where he puts his head. I thrice posted a long explanation
> directly about the radioactivity of depleted uranium and it seems Clinton
> can't understand what he read. He is one of those hysterical buffoons that
> hears the word "radiation" and he runs screaming from the room believing he
> has been turned into a mutant. Wait - - -  maybe he has a point there.
> 
> The research data shows that DU gives off only an extremely low rate of
> alpha particles easily stopped by the skin (and doesn't damage the skin) And
> the level of gamma radiation (also found in most other metals) (Guess I need
> a plastic car) is extremely low as well. One scientist said that you'd have
> to sit on a 2 foot square block of DU for a day and a half to get
> hemorrhoids.


The problem with DP isn't the radiation, generally speaking, it's with the 
toxicity of the metal. And once the metal has been ingested, aside from the 
toxicity, there is still _some_ alpha emission. and that would be inside the 
body, possibly absorbed into the tissues, etc.

Let's just say that while it's not all that deadly, it's definitely not 
healthy for you.


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