this is a subject that the USA gov and China even agree on. It is such a shame westerners have such a negative reaction to nuclear energy. but it isn't as profitable as fossil fuels/selling new electric cars so :meow-shining:

https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/advantages-and-challenges-nuclear-energy

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202106/1227103.shtml

    • fed [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      big hole, throw it in, seal it.

      the cons of fossil fuel waste are far worse than nuclear, which can, in totality, be stored in buildings right now.

      • inshallah2 [none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        which can, in totality, be stored in buildings right now.

        Storing nuclear waste requires serious expenditure of time, money, and effort. Are you actually saying American companies (or the federal government) is capable of dealing with this problem? You can't just "store it in buildings".

        The reason I gave you a google link is that you have no idea - zero - about what you're talking about. And I'm really not interested in a "But I think..." argument. Please check out the link.

        Also, this is a really good documentary...

        Into Eternity (film)

        Into Eternity is a 2010 Danish documentary film directed by Michael Madsen, released in 2010. It follows the construction of the Onkalo waste repository at the Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant on the island of Olkiluoto, Finland. Director Michael Madsen questions Onkalo's intended eternal existence, addressing an audience in the remote future.

        • fed [none/use name]
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          3 years ago

          im saying that right now in totality it is stored in designated buildings/on site. and yes the government is capable of storing nuclear waste, they do it right now. right now there is not a solution for the next hundred thousand years for storage, but there is for the next hundred, which I think you would agree is crucial to combat climate change

          • inshallah2 [none/use name]
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            3 years ago

            yes the government is capable of storing nuclear waste

            Oy gevalt!

            "Capable" is supporting 1,000,000,000,000 tons of bullshit. If you're unwilling to learn, think, and reassess - there's nothing to be done. This convo is over.

            • fed [none/use name]
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              3 years ago

              u rite, you are seeing fossil emissions and the lack of any real substitute besides nuclear and consciously deciding that the issue of storage is more important than saving hundreds of millions of lives that unabated climate change will murder

        • fed [none/use name]
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          3 years ago

          because it costs more money to make a big hole than just storing in on site.

          short term profit > everything