Out of interest, how much uranium or other reactor fuel is estimated to exist and how long might it last? Because it may not be a fossil fuel but it is finite.
Comradely, John On Tue, 11 Feb 2025, 13:29 David Walters via groups.io, <david.walters66= [email protected]> wrote: > David, Is that what we want? More energy? More poison to accumulate, or > eventually to be dumped on the lands of the least powerful? > > > Mark, are raising literally 3 distinct issues. > 1. YES, we need more energy. We need a LOT more energy in order to get OFF > of fossil fuels, our common goal. George Monbiat, a Green writer in the UK, > estimated Britain would need about 50% more energy than generated now to > get off of fossil fuels. Additionally there are about 1.5 billion folks > with NO electricity available at all, which is a major hindrance to > economic development not to mention all sorts of issues with health care, > education, etc. You write as if energy is a bad thing, not a good thing. > > 2. "More poison..."? What poison? If you mean Spent Nuclear Fuel...there > isn't that much of it. For the U.S. we have around 70,000 tons of this > dense material. *After 70 years of commercial nuclear operations ALL this > High Level Waste wouldn't even fill up a COSTCO store.* And, unlike the > massive chemical pollution from producing solar panels and wind > turbines...we can account for *every gram* of this material. Secondly, > this "waste" is only waste if you waste it. It will become the feed stock > for fueling advanced *fast reactors* as both the Russia, Indians, and > Chinese are doing now. Lastly no one "dumps" this material over the land, > not when the are in 60 ton stainless steel lined concrete casks. I am very > much opposed to places like Yucca Mountain which was designed to > permanently bury this very valuable resource. > > You mention countries, but I would add that technology billionaires who > own Amazon and Microsoft are cutting out the public and plan to directly > buy large, long-term leases in Three Mile Island and Susquehanna. > > Indeed. A good use, IMO, of stranded/mothballed assets. Perhaps you'd like > to see more gas turbines built? The whole energy industry should be > nationalized but we can't wait for a workers revolution to get this > accomplished. We need to unleash the worlds greatest source of low carbon > energy now, that can replace every MW of coal and gas generation on a 1 to > 1 basis. > > > David > > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#35161): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/35161 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/111104123/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
