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Originally Posted by edwardmk
All nuclear materials are mined from the ground, so by using them and then putting them back we reduce average radiation in the ground. As to local pollution issues, the containers for waste have been tested by dashing them at 60 mph without damage. The new reactors are very safe as long as the site chosen is safe. Deaths due to coal mining are in the hundreds of thousands. Deaths due to nuclear power are minuscule by comparison. Nuclear fission and eventually fusion are the way forwards for sure. Huge amounts of energy from a small land footprint which can also electrolyse water to produce hydrogen amongst other benefits.
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One big difference, you spill some coal or even some oil, you can clean that up
and still re use the area and it wont kill you.
You have a reactor leak,or radioactive waste dump , you cant use the area for
anything for the next 50,000 years- no room for error at all.
Hydrogen is the way forward i think, using green energy . If this works out it will be a game changer.
My gripe is the model world leaders and industrialists are pushing is societies total reliance on electricity to function.
How easy it would be to control society .
So we now have four pillars in controlling society, the industrialists, the technoligists and social media and the govt.
All working together to tell us what we all want the world to be !!