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December 03, 2006
Nuclear power
As global consensus regarding the threats of climate change gathers, nuclear power seems to be moving toward a come back. The industry is claiming that reactors will be much safer this time. Really.
Let's just imagine that reactors really are safer, even fail-safe. We still have the little matter of waste disposal. If we insist on setting a cost for everything to facilitate our decisions, how do we set a cost for waste disposal? Perhaps the cost should be the present worth of infinity? Half of infinity?
William McDonough http://www.mcdonough.com/ had a great rejoinder for people who confront him with the false choice of global climate change or embracing nuclear power. He says that he does indeed support nuclear power. He believes that existing fusion technology is just perfect for us, and the reactor is at just the right distance: 93 million miles.
Posted by aquacura.com at December 3, 2006 06:05 PM