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Re:Plastic-eating enzyme could eliminate billions of tons of... by quickthrower2 on Thursday May 19, 2022 @12:09AM (#31430643)
Does that mean 1 tonne is enough to power the world for a year?
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Re:Plastic-eating enzyme could eliminate billions of tons of... by formerly_proven on Thursday May 19, 2022 @01:45AM (#31431178)
As far as I know that's pretty much exactly the amount of fissile material used annually world-wide.

The caveat is of course that for 1 kg of coal you have to dig up a lot less material than you have to for 1 kg of fissile material - U235 is around 1 % of natural Uranium, and Uranium is around 1 % of the ore.

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