Thread: Nuclear

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

How could it ever be profitable? It can only be profitable if the disposal costs are ignored for spent material to be stored safely for thousands of years. Add in that real cost on future generations and it would be enormous. For example, imagine how much it is going to cost taxpayers to keep Chernobyl safe in the future. Remember also that you can't just bury the radioactive wastes or tip them down a mine and walk away. They could poison the water table and everyone who drinks that water, as well as food crops and nature. The potential real costs are so huge that they can't even be insured.

Basics like energy and water shouldn’t be profitable.

That’s half the problem with this world.

Hi

Originally Posted by Tombie

Basics like energy and water shouldn’t be profitable.

Now that's a left aligned sentence :-)

There are those that think water should be profitable and made into a saleable commodity where the whoever pays the most gets to use it. Think "Murray Darling Basin Plan" and water traders that don't own any land. Anyways let's not open that can or worms here :-)

Mike (left aligned)

Originally Posted by speleomike

Hi



Now that's a left aligned sentence :-)

There are those that think water should be profitable and made into a saleable commodity where the whoever pays the most gets to use it. Think "Murray Darling Basin Plan" and water traders that don't own any land. Anyways let's not open that can or worms here :-)

Mike (left aligned)

All good Mike, I’m not aligned to any party or specific ideology. In this case I just believe these 2 resources and how they are provided to the population are almost a no-brainer.

Originally Posted by Tombie

All good Mike, I’m not aligned to any party or specific ideology. In this case I just believe these 2 resources and how they are provided to the population are almost a no-brainer.

im with you on this.

public utilities: water, power, possibly internet, defense.
most of the discussion is where to draw the line. healthcare? universal basic income? schooling? etc etc

Nuclear reactors called SMRs are being touted as possible energy source for Australia - Politics - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Rather than putting our rubbish in big holes then burning coal, why not just burn the rubbish instead ? Just a thought.

Originally Posted by gofish

Rather than putting our rubbish in big holes then burning coal, why not just burn the rubbish instead ? Just a thought.

It’s been looked at - I also worked on a project of using biomass to produce steel.

Very interesting stuff...

And it’s viable to a degree. Not to the scale of significant power production though.

Nuclear power not the answer as renewables continue to boom in Australia, report finds - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Don