[mythtv-users] [Slightly OT] solar power for all our gadgets

[Jeff Walther]

> Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2009 21:27:39 -0700
> From: David Brodbeck <gull at gull.us>

> Jeff Walther wrote:
>> So, the anti-nuclear lobby caused our contribution to global warming.
>> I'm
>> still waiting for them to admit it and change their stance...
>>
> I'm all for it as soon as we figure out where to put the waste, and
> commit to cleaning up all the previous messes from when we thought we
> could just dump it in any random hole in the ground.  Until we have a
> realistic waste disposal solution, though, it's hard for me to support
> making more of the stuff.

Waste is another myth of the anti-nuclear lobby.   Waste disposal is a
solved problem technically.  The only obstacles to waste disposal are
political and in a truly circular problem creation those obstacles are
held in place by the anti-nuclear lobby.

Another obscured fact is that nuclear "waste" is still about 95% fuel.  It
is only "waste" because the impurities have increased to the point where
they interfere with the function of the fuel.   Reprocessing, while
difficult, can turn a power plant-year's worth of "waste" into a lump
which will fit under your desk.   Not that you'd want to keep it there. 
:-)