25 Apr 23 15:10, alexander koryagin wrote to Roy Witt:

 ak> However you can stop here (i.e. compare nothing) and still it will
 ak> probably be correct.

Maybe.

 RW>> Diesel is another fuel that is used in the automotive field, but is
 RW>> more popularly used in the commercial trucking industry.
 RW>> There are other fuels that aren't as easily used; uranium is such a
 RW>> fuel.

 ak> I.e. when we use "a" before uncountable noun we single out the
 ak> notion, even if it is uncountable in general. "Such" is another
 ak> additional emphasis.

 ak> That is we can say omitting "such":

 ak> Uraninum is a fuel that it causes more problems than benefits.

omit-------------------------^^- from this sentence too.

 Uraninum is a fuel that causes more problems than benefits.

 RW>> As compared to what other fuels and in what field of use?

 ak> Any fuel is used for fueling. Take coal, wood, oil for instance. If
 ak> people don't burn them - they will burn out themselves sooner or
 ak> later. ;-) But by using Uranium we constantly create highly
 ak> radioactive waste that must be stored somewhere for thousands of
 ak> years. Is it possible to guarantee that nothing will have happened
 ak> with these dirty boxes for thousands of years?

I've often wondered why we don't send spent uranium fuel to the sun, for
immediate depletion of all radioactivity upon arrival.

 ak> [...The probabilty of crime in the country is in direct proportion to
 ak> amount of the police]

 ...Crime is in direct proportion to the number of crooks not in jail.

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