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I like nuclear, it's the obvious choice, and incredibly safe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium_mining_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U
by d0lph 8y ago
I like nuclear, it's the obvious choice, and incredibly safe.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium_mining_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium_mining_in_the_United_S...
"Uranium mining in the United States produced 3,303,977 pounds (1,498,659 kg) of U3O8 (1271 tonnes of uranium) in 2015"
The US. I wasn't aware there were a significant number of uranium mining deaths? I also assume the US can process it and safely dispose of the waste. No despotic countries of course.
China is a tough one though, I don't know how we justify it.
- criley2 8y agoAFAIK the US imports 80% of its uranium used in power generation?
- d0lph 8y agoYou didn't really post much about why exactly that's a bad thing.
- criley2 8y agohttps://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/index.php?page=nuclear_where https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/index.php?page=nuclear_w... "Canada–25% Kazakhstan–24% Australia–20% Russia–14% Uzbekistan–4% Malawi, Namibia, Niger, and South Africa–10% Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Czech Republic, Germany, and Ukraine–2%" So we can toss in the blood diamond / African blood uranium comparison, 10% of American uranium comes from Africa. But we also have the despotic nation of Russia, so by using uranium you're in some part enriching that anti-liberty mobocracy.