January 30, 2006

A bit of chemistry, embedded

Bizarre story of man vs bureaucracy. Environmental Protection Agency? Huh? If this isn't justification for closing down the EPA, nothing is. In fact, let's we the people vote in an entirely new congress, close the entire executive branch and recreate the government constitutionally based from the organic constitution. What total nonsense - how has science allowed the foxes to run the coop to the point where they can willfully destroy value? Howdt-rageous.
Alphas and Betas are completely different types of radioactive particles. Alphas are helium nuclei - relatively large, non-penetrating and major damage to anything local to the emitter. Betas are electron bursts, highly penetrating through everything and leaving a wake of distruction in the path it creates (as things reorganize to replace the loss of the distruction). The comparison would be like a suicide bomber to an invasion unit. Radon is an overblown fear generator - DU is a serious environmental hazard. Gamma Rays are a third type of radiation.

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