3volver@lemmy.world to Unpopular Opinion@lemmy.world · 6 months agoYou can't claim to be an environmentalist and be anti-nuclear energy at the same timemessage-squaremessage-square162fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareYou can't claim to be an environmentalist and be anti-nuclear energy at the same time3volver@lemmy.world to Unpopular Opinion@lemmy.world · 6 months agomessage-square162fedilink
minus-squareHactaiiMiju@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoIf you care about not having the environment be poisoned by nuclear waste for tens of thousands of years, then you kinda have to.
minus-squareIceblade@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoNuclear waste is a solved problem, and it has been solved for a long time. https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelshellenberger/2018/06/19/stop-letting-your-ridiculous-fears-of-nuclear-waste-kill-the-planet/ It can also be reprocessed to further reduce the waste amounts: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_reprocessing
If you care about not having the environment be poisoned by nuclear waste for tens of thousands of years, then you kinda have to.
Nuclear waste is a solved problem, and it has been solved for a long time.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelshellenberger/2018/06/19/stop-letting-your-ridiculous-fears-of-nuclear-waste-kill-the-planet/
It can also be reprocessed to further reduce the waste amounts:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_reprocessing