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The real threat is the nearly 1 trillion tons of toxic waste we're racking up PER YEAR. It's the most lethal stuff this planet has ever encountered. If the CO2

by hajile 4y ago

The real threat is the nearly 1 trillion tons of toxic waste we're racking up PER YEAR. It's the most lethal stuff this planet has ever encountered. If the CO2 levels spike, life on the planet (including many or maybe even most humans) will survive. If you look at historic levels, they were hundreds of times higher and the planet was the greenest it has ever been. If/when that toxic waste leaks out and starts killing, NOTHING will survive.

catalyst5a 4y ago
I haven’t heard this before. What kinds of toxic waste are you talking about?
- varajelle 4y ago
  Radioactive, dangerous chemical, ... And the thing is that these are actually harming the people who are near the area where they are disposed, so the harm is more direct. CO2 is more like a global problem, so not as worrisome for the local population.
  - gspr 4y ago
    You're still not saying what it is that you're talking about.
  - astrange 4y ago
    The best thing to do for both of those is shut down coal plants; the emissions from those are terrible for health and they’re even radioactive too.
ipaddr 4y ago
The area around Chernobyl is very green and many animals live there. Things survive..
- Melting_Harps 4y ago
  > The area around Chernobyl is very green and many animals live there. Things survive.. Only if you're talking about Putin's Little Green Men, in which case most were last seen heading to their deathbed in Belarus after having exposed themselves to deadly levels radiation after occupying the area and trenching it, to the total dismay of local Ukrainians and Plant workers! Life does indeed find a way, but not in the way most think. > In a way radioactivity is one of the easiest contaminants to deal... What an absurd statement, if that were the case you'd go live and work in Fukushima and take advantage of all the open area and low cost real estate, and all the plentiful food that comes from that region. Radiation to this day still hasn't been cleaned up in Chernobyl, which happened almost 40 years ago, and an Evacuation Zone is still in place. And by the way their is an ongoing fire in the area as we speak that is cause for concern [0]. 0: https://www.republicworld.com/world-news/russia-ukraine-crisis/ukraine-reports-massive-fire-near-chernobyl-npps-exclusion-zone-articleshow.html https://www.republicworld.com/world-news/russia-ukraine-cris...
  - ipaddr 4y ago
    No one said safe for humans for hundreds of years. But life survives..
formerly_proven 4y ago
In a way radioactivity is one of the easiest contaminants to deal with: Instant, contact-free testing for levels is trivial with cheap, handheld devices, compared to virtually all other toxic substances which usually require taking samples and analyzing them in a lab. Decay is very well understood and easy to characterize.

by hajile 4y ago

catalyst5a 4y ago

I haven’t heard this before. What kinds of toxic waste are you talking about?

varajelle 4y ago
Radioactive, dangerous chemical, ... And the thing is that these are actually harming the people who are near the area where they are disposed, so the harm is more direct. CO2 is more like a global problem, so not as worrisome for the local population.
- gspr 4y ago
  You're still not saying what it is that you're talking about.
- astrange 4y ago
  The best thing to do for both of those is shut down coal plants; the emissions from those are terrible for health and they’re even radioactive too.

ipaddr 4y ago

The area around Chernobyl is very green and many animals live there. Things survive..

Melting_Harps 4y ago
> The area around Chernobyl is very green and many animals live there. Things survive.. Only if you're talking about Putin's Little Green Men, in which case most were last seen heading to their deathbed in Belarus after having exposed themselves to deadly levels radiation after occupying the area and trenching it, to the total dismay of local Ukrainians and Plant workers! Life does indeed find a way, but not in the way most think. > In a way radioactivity is one of the easiest contaminants to deal... What an absurd statement, if that were the case you'd go live and work in Fukushima and take advantage of all the open area and low cost real estate, and all the plentiful food that comes from that region. Radiation to this day still hasn't been cleaned up in Chernobyl, which happened almost 40 years ago, and an Evacuation Zone is still in place. And by the way their is an ongoing fire in the area as we speak that is cause for concern [0]. 0: https://www.republicworld.com/world-news/russia-ukraine-crisis/ukraine-reports-massive-fire-near-chernobyl-npps-exclusion-zone-articleshow.html https://www.republicworld.com/world-news/russia-ukraine-cris...
- ipaddr 4y ago
  No one said safe for humans for hundreds of years. But life survives..

formerly_proven 4y ago

In a way radioactivity is one of the easiest contaminants to deal with: Instant, contact-free testing for levels is trivial with cheap, handheld devices, compared to virtually all other toxic substances which usually require taking samples and analyzing them in a lab. Decay is very well understood and easy to characterize.