Perhaps Most Ridiculous Of All Is The Suggestion That We 'keep' Our Radioactive Garbage For The Use Of Our Descendants. This 'solution', I Think, Requires An Immediate Poll Of The Next 20,000 Generations. - SearchQuotes

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Perhaps most ridiculous of all is the suggestion that we 'keep' our radioactive garbage for the use of our descendants. This 'solution', I think, requires an immediate poll of the next 20,000 generations.

David R Brower

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