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Re:Nuclear Power Is the Answer to Global and Environmental E... by throwawaaarrgh on Friday April 21, 2023 @04:20PM (#35659500)
Agreed, there are many concerns. But there are many concerns with every kind of energy generation, and for any of them, problems have to be solved and the system maintained. We, the people, have to take our own responsibility to hold our governments and companies accountable, if we care about the consequences.

....we could also choose to just use less energy and become more efficient. but my guess is nobody would accept it :D

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Re:Nuclear Power Is the Answer to Global and Environmental E... by llsf on Friday April 21, 2023 @04:53PM (#35659952)
Very true, and important to understand. Any energy transformation would result in production of stuff we do not like (trash). The Sun generates tons of trash (luckily for us for most localized on the Sun). Nothing is magically 100% clean.

Reducing the energy consumption could be done, but few government would like it, as there is a direct relationship between energy consumption and GDP.

If you want to produce anything (even services) you need energy. Cheap and abundant energy will make your economy thrive. If we want to power the next GPT and our current life style, we would need lots of cheap energy. I can see how nuclear could be tempting to use to boost the GDP with a minimal environmental impact.

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Re:Nuclear Power Is the Answer to Global and Environmental E... by oceanplexian on Friday April 21, 2023 @05:49PM (#35660688)
Nuclear waste isn’t even trash, it’s a resource. Anything that’s energetic enough to be radioactive is also a massive source of untapped energy when processed and burned. In fact a hundred years from now we might be digging up the “trash” as a cheap source of fuel.
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Re:Nuclear Power Is the Answer to Global and Environmental E... by eric-burel on Friday April 21, 2023 @05:54PM (#35660739)
Fun fact, we do send some of this trash to Russia, that is able to recycle it and send back enriched uranium.
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