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it's the most non-renewable resource, but it also goes away whether we use it or not.
by Rylinks 7y ago
it's the most non-renewable resource, but it also goes away whether we use it or not.
- Retric 7y agoIt’s going away on the scale of billions of years. Personally, I think it’s much better to use it for space exploration than unusually expensive electrical power. Now if was even vaguely cost competitive with battery backed up wind and solar then that’s a reasonable argument, but until then I just don’t see the point.
- nanomonkey 7y agoFor all intents and purposes it is a renewable resource. Breeder reactors allow us to utilize our fissible materials for an absurd amount of time.
- acidburnNSA 7y agoYup. Just like the finite but immense fusion fuel in our nearest star.
- acidburnNSA 7y agoWith seawater extraction and breeders there's enough uranium to power the entire world many times over for hundreds of millions of years. Thus, just like the fusion fuel in the sun, uranium fission fuel is effectively as renewable as it gets. http://ansnuclearcafe.org/2016/10/03/nuclear-power-becomes-completely-renewable-with-extraction-of-uranium-from-seawater/#sthash.RI5SGSBc.dpbs http://ansnuclearcafe.org/2016/10/03/nuclear-power-becomes-c...