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Better yet, let's sell anyone in the general populace a two-ton box of metal they can propel in any given direction at speeds up to 120 mph. Wait, nevermind. T
by jobeirne 18y ago
Better yet, let's sell anyone in the general populace a two-ton box of metal they can propel in any given direction at speeds up to 120 mph.
Wait, nevermind. That'll never take off.
- ajross 18y agoCan you poison a thousand people with a minivan?
- Herring 18y agoSure. Too much iron is bad for your system. I learned that from Grand Theft Auto.
- radu_floricica 18y agoA thousand? Why think small? Take a septic tank and dive in a lake that's used as a watersource. Sorry for the metaphor, but nuclear _is_ much cleaner then most things we use. and even if it spills, yes, there will be more cancers in the area but it's on the order of magnitude of any other industrial installations. You can't make anything without polluting some. Nuclear does it less then most.
- ajross 18y agoNo, that's simply not correct. Reactor innards aren't just fuel: it's the fission products that are dangerous. These things are incredibly toxic. It's true that "nuclear is clean" when you view the picture from outside the reactor. But that all assumes no idiot is going to dig one up and open it. That's easy enough to ensure when the reactor is a giant guarded facility or a military vessel. The suggestion here is to bury it under urban areas.
- radu_floricica 18y agoI doubt it's going to be either in urban areas or without any supervision. In urban areas you already have access to the grid. Also there will be lots of metal and concrete, and I imagine some big locks. And it will be close/under either a power plant or a heat exchanger, so it'll be anything but abandoned.