If the choice is between CO2 and other greenhouse gasses, or well sealed containers nuclear waste, I’d choose the latter. At least with nuclear waste, we have ways to control where it ends up and we can store it as long as there’s political will to do so. With greenhouse gasses, the technical side isn’t solved at all.
The technical side isn’t solved with nuclear waste, either. There isn’t a single final storage site in the world. We just started building nuclear plants, without knowing how to actually store that trash so it’s “well sealed”. Nowadays there are a least ideas, investigations and plans but nobody actually created one, moved all their trash there and started using it. But once they do, it’s also not simple. All of the existing trash needs to moved around the respective countries (hopefully nobody signs on the idea to move it between countries) since it’s only in temporary storage, I’d call that far from “well sealed”. There will be literally trains or trucks carrying that shit through neighbourhoods, ifnthey ever actually find their permanant storage.
Also the choice is absolutely not between CO2, greenhouse gases and nuclear waste, that’s just pro-nuclear nonsense. Plus, since when do we trust governments and possibly involved companies to actually find a solution that will not harm anyone? Putting your trust into them to not dump that shit in unsuitable sites is a huge ask. They can’t do that with chemicals, so why would nuclear trash be any different?
Ah yes, more atomic trash in our grounds is exactly what we need.
If the choice is between CO2 and other greenhouse gasses, or well sealed containers nuclear waste, I’d choose the latter. At least with nuclear waste, we have ways to control where it ends up and we can store it as long as there’s political will to do so. With greenhouse gasses, the technical side isn’t solved at all.
The technical side isn’t solved with nuclear waste, either. There isn’t a single final storage site in the world. We just started building nuclear plants, without knowing how to actually store that trash so it’s “well sealed”. Nowadays there are a least ideas, investigations and plans but nobody actually created one, moved all their trash there and started using it. But once they do, it’s also not simple. All of the existing trash needs to moved around the respective countries (hopefully nobody signs on the idea to move it between countries) since it’s only in temporary storage, I’d call that far from “well sealed”. There will be literally trains or trucks carrying that shit through neighbourhoods, ifnthey ever actually find their permanant storage.
Also the choice is absolutely not between CO2, greenhouse gases and nuclear waste, that’s just pro-nuclear nonsense. Plus, since when do we trust governments and possibly involved companies to actually find a solution that will not harm anyone? Putting your trust into them to not dump that shit in unsuitable sites is a huge ask. They can’t do that with chemicals, so why would nuclear trash be any different?
I can recommend this video to you: We Solved Nuclear Waste Decades Ago - https://youtu.be/4aUODXeAM-k
Governments going “oopsie daisy” about nuclear leaks:
U.S. says leaking nuclear waste dome is safe; Marshall Islands leaders don’t believe it
Norway stops depositing nuclear waste at site after leak
20-year-long German nuclear leak scandal engulfs country and disturbs Europe
Sure, we absolutely need more of this because Kyle Hill made a video.