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Does the possibility of a bomb exploding in a nuclear reactor also seems to you as an example for why we can't have nuclear reactors, while in practice we have
by pavelrub 13y ago
Does the possibility of a bomb exploding in a nuclear reactor also seems to you as an example for why we can't have nuclear reactors, while in practice we have hundreds of nuclear reactors and zero bomb explosions?
Seriously, of all the possible problems with constructing and managing a space elevator, this one seems like a non-issue.
- varelse 13y agoIn theory, nuclear power should have been a vital part of a comprehensive strategy to stop climate change in its tracks. In practice, human greed and stupidity makes them more dangerous and expensive than they should be as well as reflexively feared by the marching morons who prefer the status quo of belching coal into the atmosphere without limit and inadvertently providing them with more radiation exposure than nuclear power. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/coal-ash-is-more-radioactive-than-nuclear-waste/ http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/coal-ash-is-more-r... So I think nuclear power is a great example actually of what really happens when the monkeys get their hands on otherwise cool technology.
- pavelrub 13y agoI think you have missed the point of the analogy.