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submitted 6 months ago by to c/science_memes@mander.xyz
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/68257855

Nuclear is the best btw.

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[–] 11 points 6 months ago (4 children)

it isn't tough, fossil fuel implies hydrocarbons, as that's where the fossil part comes from.

Nuclear fuel is non renewable but it is also clean.

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  • [–] 8 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    It's clean regarding chemical waste.

    I've helped build nuclear waste caskets, nothing is perfect but the amount of attention put into making it safe is incredible! The layers (and quality) of stainless steel welds would put your average steel bridge to shame....

    But fission will always be limited (as in non-renewable). If everything was powered by nuclear, I'm sure we'd see even more awefull mining operations. Also, fusion should in theory be much better, if the thermodynamics of it end up working.

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  • [–] -2 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    fusion 100% is the future whenever it's figured out.

    But I'm not as scared as mining, my country has a lot of mining operations, mostly copper, but the modern tech they have is quite incredible, they use robots to mine, wich are safely controlled in an office building in the city.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    Oh! That's nice to know about mining, making it safer for workers! But there's still the environmental impact... A few years ago, I was talking with a mine engineer who seemed proud to say that they had to move a lake to mine. He claimed that simply shop-vaccuming fishes from one place to the other was good enough....

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