Hi Wayne,

That makes you, me and a WHOLE LOT of other people mad about the mindless use of pollutants too. Anytime you want to climb on a soapbox, we'll be listening.

The use of radioactives and their "problematic" disposal is another maddening issue. Some facilities in the US contain large amounts of contaminated crap -- machine parts, scrap metal and tools, concrete, -- some of which will remain radioactive for years and years and years. How to clean this wonderful stuff up?? Well, the Department of Energy, a couple of years ago, proposed an inceredibly thoughtful way to get rid of the slightly radioactive crap: Recycling and resale, of course!! Both the DOE and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) are still revising this plan. The slightly radioactive crap metal could be used to make bicycles, cooking utensils, hot water heaters, window casings.......hmmm, maybe computers and cell phones too. Great idea, eh? Oh those government people are just sooooo smart.

Slraep