Originally posted by Fujiwara Takumi
you dont seem to understand how imminent 2000 or so years is. that is a blink of an eye in terms of earth's history.
Fossil fuels are estimated to run out by the year 2050 and not 2050 years from now... in 2050 years the human race won't be around anyway. Robots will rule and will use liquified humans as an environmentally friendly energy source, or, apes will be our masters. Any way you look at it, we're fckt.
Originally posted by Morpheus
I dont get why we just dont send the stuff up with space shuttles and blast it out of orbit.
Well, right now, it actually costs more to dispose of nuclear waste than it does to buy the fuel, and run a nuclear reactor. To dispose of 1 cubic metre of low level waste (rubber gloves and paper towels etc... that have less activity than the tritium in your watch) costs more than $15,000 US. Even decommissioning a nuclear reactor is extremely expensive. If you want to lauch nuclear waste into space, then be prepared to pay 20x more on your energy bill? Are you nuts? There's a reason why astronauts are only allowed one luggage and one carry on
