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We can’t figure out how to store a minimal quantity of radioactive waste in a purpose-built salt mine dozens of miles away from any small town. I have no faith

We can’t figure out how to store a minimal quantity of radioactive waste in a purpose-built salt mine dozens of miles away from any small town. I have no faith that we can find places to store megatons of plastic waste.

potatoman22 5y ago
Plastic doesn't radiate.
- politician 5y ago
  NIMBY neighbors don’t compromise.
  - haimez 5y ago
    They might if it affected their states tax revenue and was only a plastic landfill (which is to say, not a compromise but a pure self interest play).
  - gremloni 5y ago
    There shouldn’t be any neighbors in the middle of nowhere.
Chris2048 5y ago
funny question: could we mix the nuclear waste with the plastic to make (the plastic) degrade faster?
- politician 5y ago
  That's brilliant. I would love to learn if that could work and wouldn't just create a bunch of radioactive plastic.
  - Chris2048 5y ago
    Even if it did, if it ended up enriching the soil carbon-content, would it matter?