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I wonder who thinks that in 100,000 years Sweden will exist or even if Swedish in 1,000 or 10,000 years would respect this decision, haha. Looks like an impossi
by germandiago 5y ago
I wonder who thinks that in 100,000 years Sweden will exist or even if Swedish in 1,000 or 10,000 years would respect this decision, haha. Looks like an impossible for me: nothing is forever, and 100,000 years is a long time.
- tomjakubowski 5y agoYeah, that's a massive timescale in human history. As far as we know we've only had intentional agriculture for around 10,000 years.
- Hamuko 5y agoI'm wondering more if humanity will exist.
- germandiago 5y agoI think it will, still. But it is just a belief.
- alkonaut 5y agoNo one, obviously. Its an open question in the project how to e.g. communicate to a future civilization that the area is dangerous.
- hectormalot 5y agoIndeed, most pyramids are less than 5k years old. A 100k years means making the step from the first Egyptian dynasty to today 20 times. That’s an incredible timespan. I don’t think we can design rules and agreements around this type of storage and expect them to last that long. Statistically it’s unlikely the country you are living in still exists in just 10k years, let alone in a 100k years.
- Manuel_D 5y agoWhat is the likelihood that some future civilization is going to just happen to dig up a nuclear waste repository stored deep underground? Furthermore, why does nuclear waste get so much attention when there's plenty of other hazardous waste sites [1]. Why aren't we concerned about a future civilization breaching a salt mine that's been pumped full of toxic chemicals? 1. https://www.epa.gov/hwpermitting/hazardous-waste-management-facilities-and-units https://www.epa.gov/hwpermitting/hazardous-waste-management-...