• bountygiver [any]@lemmy.ml
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    6 months ago

    Also it’s only a problem if we let it be, there’s literally centuries for us to figure out a way to make those waste useful for us. Not working towards that would be the only way for the problem to come back to us in the future.

    • stoy@lemmy.zip
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      6 months ago

      An idea I have thought about, nuclear boosted geothermal power.

      Geothermal power normally just use a simple borehole with a hose going down and then up again, coolant goes in the hole, gets heated up a few degrees and the can then be processed to heat a house.

      What if we could run tubes near the nuclear waste that will keep producing heat for thousands of years?

    • mojofrododojo@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      there’s literally centuries for us to figure out a way to make those waste useful for us.

      yes, I’m sure we’ll hop on fixing this enormous issue with all the same urgency we’ve treated it with so far…