CDR: Nuclear waste

[Tim May]

At 2:53 PM +0300 10/20/00, Sampo A Syreeni wrote:
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>>People are concerned about the long term value of their property, so they
>>will have a disincentive to pollute.
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>Really? People have every incentive to pollute as long as they can either
>keep it a secret or make sure they are not around the shit hits the
>fan. Radioactive waste is a prime example of the latter approach.

Nuclear waste is actually a _poor_ example of this.

Nuclear waste is easy to track, easy to store, hard to hide.

Most problems with storing nuclear waste come from irrational fears 
people have of anything having to do with "atoms."

I could go on to educate you and others about the advantages of 
nuclear power over alternatives, and the ease of storing nuclear 
waste, but I expect this list is the wrong place for such education.


--Tim May
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