Subj : Re: I watched the 'talk'
To   : DR. WHAT
From : Rob Mccart
Date : Fri Apr 11 2025 01:34:00

RM> There is new technology that is so efficient that it can use waste from
RM> old nuclear power plants to make electricity, but those are a lot more
RM> expensive to build. Maybe that's what you're referring to.

DW>I don't remember.  It's been a while since I really researched that.  But I d
  >know that the technology as changed.  More expensive?  Probably.  Cleaner?
  >Yes.  Less dangerous?  Probably.

Yes, I know it was hard to get countries to build the new plants since
they cost so much more. I can't even find info on those online at the
moment. I may have originally heard about one experimental plant and
it may ahve ended up so costly that it never got off the ground.

RM> But you still end up with waste that is dangerous for several hundred
RM> years rather than 25,000 years, but both numbers are a long term
RM> problem.

DW>Well, 1999 has passed.  So I guess we can start storing all that stuff on the
  >moon.  :)  (If you don't get the reference, look up "Space: 1999".)

Ha.. Yes I remember watching that show, although I doubt I'd have come
up with the name right away..

DW>As Thomas Sowell likes to say: "There are no solutions.  Only trade-offs."

Yes, sounds about right.. Sounds like marriage too..   B)

DW>Well, ya.  There are certain types of energy production that work great - but
  >only in certain locations.

Yes, and some areas have constant winds blowing with rarely a storm
where it's practical to build wind farms or solar panel areas in the
desert where these things might actually be useful..

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