tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4477131299817733843.post6819023228887825541..comments2023-05-26T10:44:37.150-04:00Comments on The Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snake: Nukes, Baby, Nukes!Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10486453438350039642noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4477131299817733843.post-25590089506066948552008-10-18T19:08:00.000-04:002008-10-18T19:08:00.000-04:00Very true, but irradiated solid waste, while an is...Very true, but irradiated solid waste, while an issue, is in a different sort of category than the deadly-for-millennia nuclear waste. It's still an issue, but clearly not a huge one, seeing as we already deal with large amounts of this stuff coming out of hospitals.Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10486453438350039642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4477131299817733843.post-43947167496023966832008-10-18T12:08:00.000-04:002008-10-18T12:08:00.000-04:00I like nuclear power. All things considered, it's ...I like nuclear power. All things considered, it's cleaner than coal.<BR/><BR/>MIT's got a really good paper floating around titled "The Future of Nuclear Power" which gives unbiased data and projections for where nuclear power might be used. I have bad internet and need to sleep soon so I leave it up to you to Google it. I really apologize; you know I like to link in the comment itself. From what I remember though, nuclear power will only be cost-competitive with coal once we implement either a carbon tax or cap-and-trade scheme which factors in the cost of externalities of fossil fuel power.<BR/><BR/>One tiny detail left out in your summary is that nuclear power generates more waste than you imply. Spent fuel is highly radioactive, but the materials like steel and ceramics and plastics used in the operations are also radiological and must be disposed/stored properly, even if it isn't the scary plutonium/uranium type stuff.Shanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17023519482024334644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4477131299817733843.post-49597808552980527302008-10-17T16:21:00.000-04:002008-10-17T16:21:00.000-04:00Pretty much exactly the point of the energy book y...Pretty much exactly the point of the energy book you lent me, no?Elephantschildhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14610471467736150461noreply@blogger.com