Re: Phosphate mining

On 18 Nov 2003 06:54:47 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

>Please, in regard to phosphate mining and how it is affecting the
>environment in the Gulf of Mexico, specifically, the west coast of
>Florida and Louisianna: When the uses of phosphate are mentioned
>"they" always say they use it for fertilizer and "other" uses.... 
>Don't those "other" uses include explosives and neuclear weapons?

Please explain how one would make explosives and nuclear weapons using
phosphates. Did you read this nonsense somewhere, or make it up
yourself?

>  Is
>that the real reason WHY the powers that be allow the descruction of
>our beautiful coast, land, water supply and contaminate the air? 

Do you have some evidence of these destructive effects? 

> I
>read an article in the Carnegie Report that said last month over 20
>tons of phosphate was delivered to North Korea!  Would a scientic
>expert, please, care to post a comment? 

Believe it or not, North Korea grows food crops! They use them to feed
people. You may not like North Koreans, but there are enough of them
starving already, we don't need to cut off their fertilizer.

> As is the case with petroleum
>is phosphate also more about.... follow the money?
>Thank you.

Are you concerned that miners and fertilizer companies get paid for
their labor and products? It's true, they do.

-- 
Al Balmer
Balmer Consulting
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