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Re:Plastic-eating enzyme could eliminate billions of tons of... by peyton on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @07:41PM (#31428955)
Breeder reactors produce more fuel than they consume.
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Re:Plastic-eating enzyme could eliminate billions of tons of... by paulryanrogers on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @07:50PM (#31429016)
Wouldn't that violate the second law of thermodynamics?
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Re:Plastic-eating enzyme could eliminate billions of tons of... by cortesoft on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @08:08PM (#31429146)
It isn’t creating more energy, it is just converting non-fissile material to fissile material

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breeder_reactor

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Re:Plastic-eating enzyme could eliminate billions of tons of... by ncmncm on Thursday May 19, 2022 @01:27AM (#31431092)
But we don't build breeder reactors. For reasons.
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