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I don't mind nuclear, as long as people are prepared to pay the price at the meter and dispose of the waste. But people aren't prepared to do either...
by LatteLazy 4y ago
I don't mind nuclear, as long as people are prepared to pay the price at the meter and dispose of the waste. But people aren't prepared to do either...
- hocuspocus 4y agoRecent electricity prices in Europe have proven that intermittent renewables backed by gas are way more expensive than nuclear, if it wasn't obvious already. Nuclear waste disposal is a red herring. It's literally a rounding error compared to the environmental footprint of other means of energy production.
- panick21_ 4y agoActually people are very prepared for that. In the US for example, the US collected a waste fee for 50 years and had many, many billions on an account. Easily enough money to develop the technology for burning up the fuel. Literally many times the money then required. But rather then using rational technology solution politicians grid-locked themselves over an incredibly stupid Yucca Mountain project that makes no sense what so ever. So yes, nuclear 'waste' needs to be managed, but there are well known technology solution. Sadly because people were anti-nuclear politicians rather sold the 'put it into a deep hole' story rather then developing the necessary technology.