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Old 09-11-2018, 03:46 PM   #35 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by redpoint5 View Post
Well, the fellas above just discussed how coal is still a thing. Everything has trade-offs.

I could replace the word "coal" with "people" in every single thing you've said above, and it would still make sense.

Sometime in the future when we're all humming away on nuclear energy, we'll look back and wonder why that was so difficult.
When the power starts going out people will drop the fake outrage and forget about the over hyped dangers of nuclear power.
All the evil fly ash can supply thorium for next gen reactors and if the uranium price goes over and stays above $50 to $60 per pound it becomes economical to mine uranium from fly ash.
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