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I absolutely agree that we don't have a long term solution for storing nuclear waste. The thing is, we don't have a long term solution for storing CO2 either.

I absolutely agree that we don't have a long term solution for storing nuclear waste. The thing is, we don't have a long term solution for storing CO2 either. The thing I like about nuclear waste is is it's obvious, its tangle and it sits around in sinister looking containers. As opposed to CO2.

anonporridge 6y ago
The fact that this simple line of reasoning seems to be completely missing from the minds of anti nuclear activists is...perplexing.
- dylan604 6y ago
  At the same time it's not. Big scary looking symbols plastered over everything compared to just filling the air making it out of sight out of mind. Once that's achieved, the mass populace doesn't care. Try to build a facility with those scary symbols that are visible anytime one chooses to look, and people get all NIMBY very quickly.
  - pas 6y ago
    The solution seems obvious. Set up a town of nuclear power activists. YIMBY.
    - Chris2048 6y ago
      Or create scary-looking CO2 storage facilities in every town.
      - dylan604 6y ago
        Depending on the town, that storage facility already looks scary whenever you look up
kaibee 6y ago
We don't have short term solutions for storing CO2 either.
R0b0t1 6y ago
We do have long term solutions. Large low oxygen beryllium copper caskets encased in steel. Drop them into a shaft bored into a mountain. There's other ways, of course, but this was the best one I remember reading about; it's expensive but less so than the incidentals of CO2 and particulate release.