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One big problem is that the longer the transit, the greater the window of vulnerability. That and mutated super-penguins.
by fiatmoney 11y ago
One big problem is that the longer the transit, the greater the window of vulnerability. That and mutated super-penguins.
- WalterBright 11y agoI thought the penguins only hung out on the coast. Antarctica is, after all, a continent, and a big one.
- Roboprog 11y agoWell, they did, but during the winter months they like to warm their flippers around the rosy glow of this new place :-)
- WalterBright 11y agoI'd be impressed if they were willing to leave their food supply and waddle a thousand miles to get there.
- CamperBob2 11y agoThey can call the screenplay 2101: A Penguin Odyssey. Humans have nuked themselves into oblivion, making room at the top of the intellectual food chain. Then, the first few penguins stumble upon the abandoned waste site...
- jotm 11y agoAnd you propose we haul nuclear waste somewhere on the continent? With our helicopters and trucks in -30 -40 degrees weather and on ice/snow? I doubt anyone would like to try that :-)
- WalterBright 11y agoIs it so different from what's done on the northern tip of Alaska? People go to Antarctica all the time. Airplanes are built to handle cold weather like that. Sure, there'll be problems. Hardly insurmountable ones, though.
- CamperBob2 11y ago(Shrug) They've been hauling it around all over the planet inside submarine reactors for decades, with a remarkable safety record. They can find a way to get it to Antarctica safely. This idea makes a lot of sense.
- ende 11y agoOr just build the dry docks somewhere closer to Antarctica.