Kage
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4949096.stm
Reading news reports like the above really hits home to how we are generating energy, with no real way of getting rid of the waste produced.
We all know, every way of creating energy creates some kind of bi-product as a result, even with wind power (though not a bad bi-product exactly) as heat.
The one I'm most concerned about though is Nuclear.
I honestly think we should stop using it. At least in its present form, until the other type of nuclear power starts to generate results (Fusion I think? Which can actually be recycled).
It is just mad to think that after 30 years, the plants produced have to be knocked down, and then all that waste is buried deep underground, where it can and does stay active for thousands of years!
For instance, in the next 50-100 or so years, as coal runs dry, and nuclear power is known more, you could easily be standing on ground with loads of nuclear cans beneath you.
Its got to be the worst way of generating power around, and that is my honest opinion.
Surely, we aren't thinking of what we are doing?
And in terms of safety, even burying it with loads of material to stop the waste escaping, can't be kept forever, as the nuclear waste wastes it away.
Whos with me on this?
Reading news reports like the above really hits home to how we are generating energy, with no real way of getting rid of the waste produced.
We all know, every way of creating energy creates some kind of bi-product as a result, even with wind power (though not a bad bi-product exactly) as heat.
The one I'm most concerned about though is Nuclear.
I honestly think we should stop using it. At least in its present form, until the other type of nuclear power starts to generate results (Fusion I think? Which can actually be recycled).
It is just mad to think that after 30 years, the plants produced have to be knocked down, and then all that waste is buried deep underground, where it can and does stay active for thousands of years!
For instance, in the next 50-100 or so years, as coal runs dry, and nuclear power is known more, you could easily be standing on ground with loads of nuclear cans beneath you.
Its got to be the worst way of generating power around, and that is my honest opinion.
Surely, we aren't thinking of what we are doing?
And in terms of safety, even burying it with loads of material to stop the waste escaping, can't be kept forever, as the nuclear waste wastes it away.
Whos with me on this?