Re: French politics

On 7 May 2007 10:37:31 -0700, James Arthur <dagmargoodboat@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

On May 6, 3:07 pm, bill.slo...@xxxxxxxx wrote:
On May 7, 12:20 am, Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-I...@My-

[snip]

As I recall, my German hosts took me up into the foothills of the
Black Forest, where I looked west into France and saw the biggest
source of smog I've ever observed (coal burning?) in my lifetime.

Curious. These days, the French are notorious for getting most of
their electricity from nuclear power stations - 76% - which is a lot
more than anybody else.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3177360.stm

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/reaction/readings/frenc...

Modern photochemical smog depends more on car exhausts than on smoke
from coal-fired power stations and household coal fires - but Jim
won't have been to France since the turn of the century, so his
observations are more like ancient history, though granting Jim's
rather feeble grasp on reality, ancient myth is probably closer to the
mark.

--
Bill Sloman, Nijmegen

Bill, if you don't mind, how much electricity did you use last month?

Best,
James Arthur

Slowman, I may be feeble, but I don't have to earn a living by pimping
my wife like you do ;-)

Indeed I haven't been to France since 1994. But I think I took a
picture. If I can find it, I'll post it.

...Jim Thompson
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