Violet=Plutonium

Gerry Quinn · 14 Nov 2011, 14:12 · from 2011-November.txt.gz

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From: gerry at bindweed.com (Gerry Quinn)
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:12:48 -0000
Subject: (urth) Violet=Plutonium
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From: Lee Berman 

> Has there been any mention of the word choice for the nickname Plutonium? Of all
> the mineral names which might be chosen that is surely one with significance. Did
> the talus run on fossil or organic fuel? I forget, but surely Chems don't.      
Soldiers, at least, are said to have a nuclear fusion power source.
And Crane says that isotopes are released when a chem blows, not specifying the type of chem, indicating some kind of nuclear power at least.
- Gerry Quinn
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