Dickie, I must be getting thick in my old age, but could you explain how the pollutants you mention are related to uranium mining.

"The above figures excludes the emissions of other pollutants, separated by the NPI reports and not listed above. They include the very hazardous benzene, mercury, dioxins and furans, PA hydrocarbons, toluene, chromiumVI, cyanide, fluoride, arsenic, cobalt etc etc.

One need not be a mathematician to calculate the increases of atmospheric CO2 from a resurgence in uranium mining."

VK You state: "I must be getting thick in my old age but could you explain how these pollutants are related to uranium mining."

You should clearly see VK, that I was giving a comparison between the coal mining industry and the uranium mining industry where my equations and comparisons were restricted to 4 pollutants only.

The pollutants NOT included in my equations are chemicals which the coal and uranium mining industries also release to the atmosphere.

I understood that I had made myself clear on the separation.

Therefore these other chemicals (benzene, toluene, CrVI etc etc) which I did not assess, have everything to do with the coal and uranium mining industries since these pollutants are released from their operations and are officially documented.

Your query brings to mind a quote of Erica Jong's who said:

"Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't."

So it's over and out for me and adios to you VK!