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Exactly! So why are we talking as if we've solved all the potential hazardous problems now?
by lwhi 5y ago
Exactly! 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.