theyre building it now https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jul/28/worlds-largest-nuclear-fusion-project-under-assembly-in-france i read this a while back and was like "whatchu talkin bout willis". I really thought we were way away, not building it
On Mon, Jul 12, 2021 at 11:52 AM Chuck McCown via AF <af@af.afmug.com> wrote: > I have heard of break even fusion within the next 30 years for the past 50 > years. > > *From:* Steve Jones > *Sent:* Monday, July 12, 2021 10:38 AM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] ***SPAM*** OT interesting graphic > > Im all about these new generation reactors that use the spent fuel from > prior generation reactors. people get too scared of nuclear waste because > of movies and CNN. > Apparently theres a massive fusion reactor that is being built, I thought > that was still all theoretical. > Almost everyone around our landfill has developed some form of cancer or > another. But we also have a ton of undocumented abandoned coal mines under > us that were used as garbage dumps. I dont know how a statistician could > identify whether its the landfill, the coalmine, the garbage in the coal > mines, or the chemtrails that caused it. > > On Mon, Jul 12, 2021 at 9:48 AM Adam Moffett <dmmoff...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> The USA used to burn about a billion tons of coal per year. Now down to >> about a half billion tons. >> >> About 10-12% of that tonnage is left behind as ash and slag which then go >> into a landfill. That waste is slightly radioactive and contains a variety >> of metals which were incidentally mined along with the coal (mercury, >> cadmium, arsenic, among others). The clay lining of the landfill doesn't >> last forever....they all end up leaking some. >> >> That doesn't count the waste produced from mining, crushing, and washing >> the coal. All of which produce toxic waste which also goes into a landfill. >> >> People fuss and wring their hands that we don't have a *perfect *way to >> handle nuclear waste, but nobody seems overly bothered that we don't have a >> perfect way to handle the coal waste that we've already been making for 200 >> years. >> >> You're not particularly likely to be harmed by either properly handled >> coal or fission waste, the coal waste is the more likely one to impact you: >> >> >> https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/coal-ash-is-more-radioactive-than-nuclear-waste/ >> >> And air pollution from fission is almost non-existent. We keep waiting >> for the perfect energy solution instead of adopting the dramatically better >> one that we already have available. We're pretty irrational about this >> whole topic IMO. >> >> >> On 7/9/2021 4:22 PM, Chuck McCown via AF wrote: >> >> Pretty sure coal mining accidents plus black lung add up to more than >> anything else on the chart. >> Coal fly ash is more radioactive than any other radioactive thing >> released as far as curies released. >> >> Not sure how you calculate air pollution. Also not sure how you quantify >> ultimate deaths from Chernobyl. Those numbers range from the 31 people >> that actually died at the time to 50 ultimate deaths. But other calculate >> it as high as 900,000 Most of the firefighters and other responders are >> either still living or lived a natural lifespan. >> >> Still nuclear doesn’t touch coal. >> >> >> https://www.discovermagazine.com/health/could-small-amounts-of-radiation-be-good-for-you-its-complicated >> >> My favorite story is the apartment building in Taiwan that was >> constructed using radioactive rebar. >> People bathed by high radiation for years had only 3% of the expected >> cancer. >> >> >> https://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2020/12/the-curious-case-of-radioactive-apartments/ >> >> *From:* can...@believewireless.net >> *Sent:* Friday, July 9, 2021 2:02 PM >> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] ***SPAM*** OT interesting graphic >> >> I'd rather see the deaths by accident alone. "Air pollution" seems like >> it could be a fuzzy number. >> >> On Fri, Jul 9, 2021 at 1:19 PM Chuck McCown via AF <af@af.afmug.com> >> wrote: >> >>> [image: nuclear-10adesktop-2] >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> AF@af.afmug.com >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> >> ------------------------------ >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > ------------------------------ > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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