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> Another example is nuclear energy. Clean, abundant, and extremely safe. Yeah, but what do you do about the waste? The US has tons of waste sitting around. Th
by discardorama 11y ago
> Another example is nuclear energy. Clean, abundant, and extremely safe.
Yeah, but what do you do about the waste? The US has tons of waste sitting around. The grand plan of using Yucca Mountain to store the waste fizzled. We have just postponed the cost to a future generation who'll have to deal with the waste we're producing today.
- anigbrowl 11y agoHarry Reid is due to retire from the Senate and whoever replaces him will not wield nearly as much power as he did when Senate leader. I think it will go into operation in 5-10 years.
- markdown 11y ago> We have just postponed the cost to a future generation who'll have to deal with the waste we're producing today. I wonder how they'll be able to tackle the problem while simultaneously dying from the lung and skin cancer they got from all that burned coal.