And don't forget all the old underground storage tanks that are leaking gasoline
Service stations that stayed in business have probably updated theirs, but the stations that just closed and are still sitting there probably have leaky USTs.
Just to add to the general cheer of the thread
Helga, that looked like a nuclear plant...? I grew up near one, too (not quite as near as in that picture, tho!) -- you may recognize the name: Three Mile Island. That's the one that had a problem in the late seventies -- there for a while they were afraid it would melt down. My family evacuated -- that's actually one of my clearest childhood memories <g>
On the whole, though, I still think nuclear power is the cleanest way we have for generating substantial amounts of energy.
PJ
who lives fairly close to the Sharon Harris nuclear plant
