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[Nihil]

> you know we have the technology to deal with most all those waste products
> but for some reason we allow money or the lack of it to get in the way

I totally agree with you!
There is more than enough money to sort out all of the planet's problems
but, unfortunately, there are two issues that prevent it:
1) The owners of most of that money aren't interested in saving the planet.
2) The human race will still be occupying the planet.

The first point is that the owners of most of the money are only concerned
with breeding it - making more obscene amounts of money for themselves - and
not with using it for the good of the planet & its occupants.

The second point is that even if some kind of miracle happened tomorrow and
someone waved a magic wand to undo all the harm that's been done, the fact
that the species that did that harm is still around (and enabled with ever
more powerful means of causing harm, not to mention ever-increasing numbers)
translates this win into a deferment of tragedy.

> Have you read about the future of known uraninum deposits, I'm sure you
> have but for some reason chose to just gloss over on that one.

Not glossing over it, just relegating it to its correct priority! ;-)

> I see going nuke as a cop out not as a solution to anything especially
> our energy needs.

That's fair. That's the view I have towards fusion research - it's not real
yet but even if it were, it would just allow even greater waste rather than
steering people towards *conservation* (if you'll excuse the language!).
I just see fission as an intermediate stage to "true renewable heaven",
as a means of replacing that high-end of the generation game that is
currently occupied by coal (and will continue to be for the near future).

I have no illusions that the best end result for domestic generation is
a combination of wind, solar and other renewables (with the mix varying
as appropriate to the location) but for industrial use and large cities,
we will still need large power stations so I'd much rather have nuclear
than coal & gas.

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