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The natural reserve of radioactive material, like that of fossil fuel, is finite. We cannot count on it in the long run. On the other hand, we are awash with th
by Koshkin 7y ago
The natural reserve of radioactive material, like that of fossil fuel, is finite. We cannot count on it in the long run. On the other hand, we are awash with the huge amounts of the free solar energy. We just need better batteries, which is a purely technical problem.
- Beltiras 7y agoIf we moved to Thorium the supply is virtually endless.
- Brometheus 7y agoOf which we have not a single working reactor. Just saying. We in Germany spend a lot of money on it and did not get it to work.
- manfredo 7y agoUranium seawater extraction makes fission fuel effectively limitless [1], on the order of billions of years of supply. If you want to get pedantic, it is limited but so is the hydrogen in the sun. 1. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2016/07/01/uranium-seawater-extraction-makes-nuclear-power-completely-renewable/#19b4112a159a https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2016/07/01/uranium-s...