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More likely: China will pollute much of their countryside and waste billions on corruption and inefficiency. Also, China is polluting their air to a much higher

More likely: China will pollute much of their countryside and waste billions on corruption and inefficiency. Also, China is polluting their air to a much higher degree than any western nation, and can't keep up with rising demand. Radioactive waste spilling into ground water would be a catastrophe. Meanwhile, actual democracies can't place nuclear reactors and other facilities wherever they please. Citizens would object.

tedk-42 5y ago
Corruption is indeed still a problem in China. But to call them inefficient? I think you're wrong. They are extremely efficient when the government has an idea, it's executed quickly with minimal regulation and red tape getting in the way. They also don't make as many mistakes as they use to as a developing nation. Credit where it's due, they recently got a space probe orbiting Mars and that's no easy feat [1] You sound like you don't know much about thorium reactors and i suggest some basic reading like [2]. They are much safer than conventional reactors. Your concerns about waste leaking is uninformed as the reactors themselves require much less design safety considerations. Before anyone accuses me of being pro-china government, their human rights and transparency are extremely sketchy and i can see why it's hard to trust them. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tianwen-1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tianwen-1 [2] https://www.forbes.com/sites/energysource/2012/02/16/the-thing-about-thorium-why-the-better-nuclear-fuel-may-not-get-a-chance/?sh=a6915521d803 https://www.forbes.com/sites/energysource/2012/02/16/the-thi...
- bayesian_horse 5y ago
  I think you have an inflated opinion of the Chinese government. Inefficiency is the very definition of corruption. Look at the real estate sector. Look at the high speed rail sector. Look at food security scandals. Their inability to contain animal diseases like African Swine Fever. I shudder at the thought of this kind of government (and civilian extensions thereof) handling radioactive material at an unprecedented scale.

tedk-42 5y ago

Corruption is indeed still a problem in China. But to call them inefficient? I think you're wrong. They are extremely efficient when the government has an idea, it's executed quickly with minimal regulation and red tape getting in the way. They also don't make as many mistakes as they use to as a developing nation. Credit where it's due, they recently got a space probe orbiting Mars and that's no easy feat [1] You sound like you don't know much about thorium reactors and i suggest some basic reading like [2]. They are much safer than conventional reactors. Your concerns about waste leaking is uninformed as the reactors themselves require much less design safety considerations. Before anyone accuses me of being pro-china government, their human rights and transparency are extremely sketchy and i can see why it's hard to trust them. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tianwen-1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tianwen-1 [2] https://www.forbes.com/sites/energysource/2012/02/16/the-thing-about-thorium-why-the-better-nuclear-fuel-may-not-get-a-chance/?sh=a6915521d803 https://www.forbes.com/sites/energysource/2012/02/16/the-thi...

bayesian_horse 5y ago
I think you have an inflated opinion of the Chinese government. Inefficiency is the very definition of corruption. Look at the real estate sector. Look at the high speed rail sector. Look at food security scandals. Their inability to contain animal diseases like African Swine Fever. I shudder at the thought of this kind of government (and civilian extensions thereof) handling radioactive material at an unprecedented scale.