Re: paper industry query

[Byron Bodo <bodo@interlog.com>]

At 11:55 AM 6/5/99 -0400, Jon Campbell wrote:
>Hello,
>
>      I'm sorry I missed this message and hope this is not duplicate
>information.

Unlikely given the false claims make below:

>Natural gas burning power plants create a
>tremendous amount of particulate (PM10, PM2.5) pollution, and trace amounts
>of PCBs that contaminate the nation's gas pipelines, when burned, form
>dioxins and furans. 

Nonsense.  Burning natural gas produces CO2 & some water vapor.
My gas stove & furnace produce zero particulates.  The chief complaint 
about gas fired electrical generating stations is release of greenhouse
gases.

Gas pipelines & mains are welded steel.  There are no PCBs,
no PCDD/Fs.  Some regulator/compressor/valve stations built back in
the 60s & early 70s may have used some PCB containing materials 
[sealants, paints], but the release of PCBs into the gas stream would 
be nil for  practical purposes.

-bb