On Sun, 6 Apr 2003, Major Variola (ret) wrote:

Fact is, if the sheeple weren't so ignorant/afraid, peaceful, clean uses of nukes could benefit, e.g., excavating canals at a fraction of the cost/time of conventional work.

This is economics & physics, with politics smothering the whole affair.

What that is is bullshit, plain and simple. The use of nukes to create canals is just so much wishfull thinking. The impact of even small nukes on the stability of underground structures is -not- a good effect in -any- case. The radiation and storage of contaminated materials would far outweigh any short term savings of cost. There is one and only one place to use nukes, that is where people don't or won't live; and that means not on terra. Use of nukes in extra-terrestrial applications is another entire issue. Unfortunately we have a technology curve to climb before we'll get there. No War. No Killing. No Nuclear Weapons. -- ____________________________________________________________________ We are all interested in the future for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives. Criswell, "Plan 9 from Outer Space" ravage@ssz.com jchoate@open-forge.org www.ssz.com www.open-forge.org --------------------------------------------------------------------