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		hollerith on Nov 10, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: German solar and wind are triple the cost of Frenc... Not necessarily: the sulfur might be continually created from the decay of a radioisotope of longer half-life.

pfdietz on Nov 10, 2019 [–]

It's not.

Let's be clear: the claim that burning coal releases radioactive sulfur and carbon is wrong. There are radioactive materials released, but they are from contaminants like uranium and its decay products.

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