Silver Lining... Nuking the US

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GINOBIFFARONI

Wednesday, April 19, 2006 3:34 AM

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/9F35685C-26F0-4C37-9258-EA65685
74793.htm

Might just save the enviroment

Wildlife finds home in Chernobyl zone

Tuesday 18 April 2006, 13:47 Makka Time, 10:47 GMT

Chernobyl was the world's worst civilian nuclear accident
Related:
The shadow of Chernobyl
Activists dismiss UN Chernobyl report

The radioactive no-go zone around Chernobyl has become a rich natural reserve in the 20 years since the accident at the nuclear power plant, with eagles hovering in the air, and lynx, wolves and wild horses wandering around.

After the April 26, 1986, accident at the Soviet plant, 4,000sq km of land surrounding the Chernobyl plant was soaked with radiation. The area was evacuated and closed to humans.

In the two decades since, nature has had an almost free rein over this patch of land straddling the border between Ukraine and Belarus. The results have been impressive.

Take the Przhevalski horse, believed to be the only true modern descendant of the wild horse. In 1998, 17 of them were introduced to the area.

Today, officials who accompany visitors to the zone say the steeds number 80 to 90, and the area around Chernobyl is one of the few places in the world where they roam free.

Almost unperturbed by man, the flora and fauna have developed with virtually no human interference. About 350 "self-settlers" still live inside the zone, but this mainly elderly group generally keeps to its eight villages.

A visitor may see elk, fox, otter, beaver, wild boar, grey crane and the endangered great spotted eagle all in one day. Regular visitors say bears have been seen.

Perfect habitat

With so few people, the zone is the perfect habitat for endangered species. The Chernobyl International Radioecology Laboratory has recorded the presence of more than 400 animal species there, including 280 kinds of birds and 50 endangered species.

Trucks, tanks and helicopters are
abandoned outside Chernobyl

Despite apocalyptic predictions at the time of the Chernobyl disaster, the animals living inside the forbidden zone are not abnormal, disproportioned mutants.

The ecosystem surrounding Chernobyl has passed through several stages since the accident, said Rudolph Alexakhin, director of the Agricultural Radiology Institute in Moscow.

During the first year-long phase, plants and animals most affected by the radiation died.

Some areas were so soaked with radioactivity that they had to be razed, such as a pine forest that became known as the Red Forest for the levels of radiation registered there.

Over the next six years, nature slowly recovered, Alexakhin said.

Maria Semenyuk is among about
350 settlers in the zone
Today it is coming back.

Serhiy Franchuk, a guide for the Chernobylinterinform - the state enterprise that provides the obligatory guides for all visitors - says that the pines planted in place of the Red Forest are thriving.

But even after two decades, signs remain that this is no ordinary wilderness zone.

The invisible, odourless and tasteless radiation permeates the buried buildings, cars and cattle, the earth that covers them and the rivers that flow nearby.

It will do so for a long time to come.

" Over and in, last call for sin
While everyone's lost, the battle is won
With all these things that I've done "

The Killers

http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/killers/allthesethingsthativedone.html

REAVERMAN

Wednesday, April 19, 2006 4:10 AM

Of course! Too many people + nukes = No people + time = Healthy environment! You've just solved all the worlds problems ! With no more people, there wouldn't be any more pollution, or politicians, or racism, or crazy government conspiracies (Oooh! No more PN either! SWEET!)!

... Wait... There wouldn't be any Firefly either...

You're welcome on my boat. God ain't.

GINOBIFFARONI

Wednesday, April 19, 2006 4:32 AM

Way I see it, the road the US is going down foreign policy wise... SOMEBODY is going to have nothing to lose and take out a city or two.

But, in the long run... there is a silver lining

" Over and in, last call for sin
While everyone's lost, the battle is won
With all these things that I've done "

The Killers

http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/killers/allthesethingsthativedone.html

KHYRON

Wednesday, April 19, 2006 7:48 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by reaverman:
... Wait... There wouldn't be any Firefly either...

The way things are going there won't be any new Firefly anyway, so we just have to make sure some DVD sets are in a nuclear-proof bunker at the time of chaos and all will be well.

Regarding the article, I'm really surprised at how well the flora and fauna are doing. I mean, there's radiation and stuff, shouldn't they all be mutated and grotesque and doing the whole reaver thing? It's like all those horror movies from the 50's lied to me!

Other people can occasionally be useful, especially as minions. I want lots of minions.

AURAPTOR

Wednesday, April 19, 2006 8:27 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by GinoBiffaroni:
Way I see it, the road the US is going down foreign policy wise... SOMEBODY is going to have nothing to lose and take out a city or two.

But, in the long run... there is a silver lining

The road the US is going down? WTF are you talking about ? Have you clued into what the REST of the world is worried about ? It's NOT the US, but a crazed nut case in Iran who has said he wants to obliterate at least 1 country, maybe more.

The short sightedness of some folks who post on here is beyond belief.

People love a happy ending. So every episode, I will explain once again that I don't like people. And then Mal will shoot someone. Someone we like. And their puppy. - Joss

" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "

CITIZEN

Wednesday, April 19, 2006 8:34 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by AURaptor:
The short sightedness of some folks who post on here is beyond belief.

I really do agree...

More insane ramblings by the people who brought you beeeer milkshakes!
No beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity. But I know none, and therefore am no beast.

CRYBABY

Wednesday, April 19, 2006 9:36 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by citizen:
Quote:
Originally posted by AURaptor:
The short sightedness of some folks who post on here is beyond belief.

I really do agree...

More insane ramblings by the people who brought you beeeer milkshakes!
No beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity. But I know none, and therefore am no beast.

Over here (Ireland) ppl are more worried about the shennagians that the US/Britian/the Western World has been getting up to and feel that at some stage they are going to push some poor sod into a corner where they have no choice but to push back.

IMO, the way Bush has been sabre rattling lately Iran would be justified if it decided on a premptive strike on the US. The Bush admin. opened the pandora's box on that one with the war on terror and the quagmire in Iraq. You reap what you sow and all the West has been planting lately is dead rebels and civilians. For every insurgent or civvie that is killed in Iraq you can bet that it will cause two more to take their place.

The West has to learn how to play nice with others or else we are in for a world of hurt, the stick has'nt worked out so well over the last couple of years, maybe its time to try the carrot.

Stay tuned for more psychotic rambling...

CITIZEN

Wednesday, April 19, 2006 10:52 PM

I was actually talking about AURaptor .

More insane ramblings by the people who brought you beeeer milkshakes!
No beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity. But I know none, and therefore am no beast.

GINOBIFFARONI

Thursday, April 20, 2006 2:08 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by AURaptor:
Quote:
Originally posted by GinoBiffaroni:
Way I see it, the road the US is going down foreign policy wise... SOMEBODY is going to have nothing to lose and take out a city or two.

But, in the long run... there is a silver lining

The road the US is going down? WTF are you talking about ? Have you clued into what the REST of the world is worried about ? It's NOT the US, but a crazed nut case in Iran who has said he wants to obliterate at least 1 country, maybe more.

The short sightedness of some folks who post on here is beyond belief.

People love a happy ending. So every episode, I will explain once again that I don't like people. And then Mal will shoot someone. Someone we like. And their puppy. - Joss

" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "

Who do you mean by the rest of the world ?

Russia and China will likely veto any motion against Iran at the UN... and will provide weapons to defend themselves

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4924744.stm

South America is electing anyone who is against the US lately

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4861320.stm

Do you really think your position is the only one ?

" Over and in, last call for sin
While everyone's lost, the battle is won
With all these things that I've done "

The Killers

http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/killers/allthesethingsthativedone.html

REAVERMAN

Thursday, April 20, 2006 2:23 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by GinoBiffaroni:
South America is electing anyone who is against the US lately.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4861320.stm

And for very good reasons. The U.S. has repeatedly screwed S.A. over for more than a century. There is a very deep seated resentment of the "Colossus of the North" throughout South and Central America. Most of the reason for their poverty is because of the ruthless corporate exploitation the U.S. government has condoned in the past and still allows today (now under the flag of "Globalization").

I applaud Venezuela's president in his efforts to break ties with the U.S. I dont agree with most of his policies, or his political leanings, but breaking the U.S.'s influence is the first step in creating a prosperous South America. For the sake of the people of S.A., I hope that more countries cut lose and stand on their own.

You're welcome on my boat. God ain't.

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