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NNadir

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3. It's funny how people who think so called "nuclear waste" is a problem have no concern about fossil fuel waste.

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Sun Jul 13, 2025, 01:24 PM

Jul 13

The latter kills people on a scale of millions of people per year, the former has a spectacular record of not killing anyone.

Fossil fuel waste is not, and cannot be stored anywhere. It's dumped directly into the environment, where it is engaged in destroying the planetary atmosphere.

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It's funny how people who think so called "nuclear waste" is a problem have no concern about fossil fuel waste. NNadir Jul 13 #3