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To be fair, if we leaned in on nuclear we'd be oil free. I'd much rather deal with highly concentrated nuclear waste than CO2 & Methane emissions
by bushbaba 4y ago
To be fair, if we leaned in on nuclear we'd be oil free. I'd much rather deal with highly concentrated nuclear waste than CO2 & Methane emissions
- mistrial9 4y ago> To be fair, if we leaned in on nuclear we'd be oil free no one knows that -- you think that Exxon and crew are ready to sit down ? They fired their Dutch CEO for trying to make the transition almost twenty years ago IIR As others in this thread say -- this change reveals the struggles between giants, not the quarrels of simple people in media that happens daily
- chki 4y agoMaybe if we had leaned in on nuclear 40-50 years ago. (Even then, Uranium does not grow on trees). But right now, that's not a viable option for the next thirty years. Industrial and Regulatory challenges are impossible to overcome in the timeframe that's needed.
- bushbaba 4y agoThe USGS has identified US thorium reserves that could meet the WORLD's energy for the next 138 years. I hope in 200 years when or if we run out of nuclear energy that we've managed to find alternative energy sources or leverage space mining. https://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/1336/pdf/C1336.pdf https://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/1336/pdf/C1336.pdf
- nathanaldensr 4y agoAnother reference for thorium salt reactors: https://www.thmsr.com/en/the-thorium-molten-salt-reactor/ https://www.thmsr.com/en/the-thorium-molten-salt-reactor/