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solar, wind, and hydro don't leave a persistent waste product that takes hundreds of thousands of years to become safe to stand next to. Nuclear has a special c
by TheRealPomax 9y ago
solar, wind, and hydro don't leave a persistent waste product that takes hundreds of thousands of years to become safe to stand next to. Nuclear has a special class of unclean all on its own - it's both much cleaner than coal on the immediate term, and way less clean on the "beyond timescales that humans can understand" scale.
- Ygg2 9y agoSure they do. It's called buildings. Some nuclear waste can be recycled to lower lifetime waste that degrades on sensible timescales, but let's hate on all nuclear power because it's not magical.
- TheRealPomax 9y agoyes, let's confused my statement for hate on nuclear, despite being pro nuclear. Makes sense to me.
- JumpCrisscross 9y agoYou do realise those “beyond timescales humans understand” substances are already in the Earth’s crust? And the longer something takes to decay, the safer it is. Long time scales are a plus.
- TheRealPomax 9y agoLet's not fall for the "why are you worried about coal waste, there are layers and layers of soot in the crust already, and no one's bothered by those" excuse.
- JumpCrisscross 9y agoPumping chemicals in the ground into the air is different from taking things in the ground from many places and hiding them away in one place.