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I hope in long term it reduces our dependency on fossil fuel for electricity production.

• jacquesm 5y ago
  Uranium is a fossil fuel.
  • pjerem 5y ago
    From Wikipedia > A fossil fuel is a fuel formed by natural processes, such as anaerobic decomposition of buried dead organisms, containing organic molecules originating in ancient photosynthesis[1] A fossil fuel is a fuel formed by natural processes, such as anaerobic decomposition of buried dead organisms, containing organic molecules originating in ancient photosynthesis that release energy in combustion.[2] that release energy in combustion. So, by this definition, Uranium is not a fossil fuel.
  • anotherboffin 5y ago
    Despite the many shared traits with some fossil fuels: extraction by mining, finite amounts, subject to geopolitics… uranium is a chemical element and not a fossil fuel, especially the “fossil” part.
  • q1w2 5y ago
    This is obviously not correct.