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The link says that "no solution is in use today" for the waste management problem and that it "can't go on forever" but on the upside it "may not be an intracta
by ptx 10y ago
The link says that "no solution is in use today" for the waste management problem and that it "can't go on forever" but on the upside it "may not be an intractable problem". That sure sounds safe and sustainable to me!
- TeMPOraL 10y agoThere are "no solutions in use today" partly because it really isn't that big of a problem now. Compared to all the other toxic industrial waste we generate, nuclear waste is minuscule in quantity and manageable. The worry is not about it killing you, or me, or our children, or our children's children. It's a worry about the waste killing someone 5000 years from now, after civilization already collapsed twice and humans are living in caves again.
- hutzlibu 10y agoSo because we argue against nuclear waste, means we like other toxic waste? And the worry is exactly that there will be no more humans in 5000 years, because someone in charge might decide Who cares, makes careless decisions, and in the end more groundwater gets contaminated and though not immeaditely killing everyone, but damaging the genes so to produce more retards, leading us in a nice downward spiral.