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That's how progress works. I would hope in 60 years time they're not still considering 2021 to have been the peak of technology
by ChrisRR 5y ago
That's how progress works. I would hope in 60 years time they're not still considering 2021 to have been the peak of technology
- lwhi 5y agoExactly! So why are we talking as if we've solved all the potential hazardous problems now?
- jjk166 5y agoFor the same reason people 60 years ago talked as if they'd solved all the potential hazardous problems of jet travel. There will always be a little more you can squeeze out of a technology, but at some point it is good enough to be considered safe.
- lwhi 5y agoNo. In the worst case scenario, nuclear presents a much greater risk.
- jjk166 5y agoIn the worst case scenario there is some unknown physics that leads to a jet engine destroying the universe. There is no way to prove that such a disaster can't happen. You may say "well that's absurd, we know how jet engines work" and that's exactly what I'll say about nuclear reactors.
- lwhi 5y agoOkay, I'll give you that. Yes, we know exactly how catastrophic a nuclear accident can be .. and have no sensible solution for nuclear waste other than bury it and hope for the best.