The hazardous life of a radioactive element (the length of time that must elapse before the material is considered safe) is at least 10 half-lives. Therefore, Plutonium-239 (byproduct of nuclear energy) will remain hazardous for at least 240,000 years. (24,000 being it’s half life: wagingpeace.org)
And this is considered clean energy? What person in their right mind would seriously suggest that this is clean energy?
Solar, wind, geothermal, tide, hydro, why are you people oblivious to this fact? Communities all across the country can have differing ways of harnessing energy. In West Virginia, keep your coal firing.
It might have no emissions, but it has hundreds of thousands of years of radioactive properties. You’re willing to trade cheap fuel for thousands of generations of this?? And have you seen the folks that are exposed to this?? Not to mention the mining catastrophes and the health of the miners..
Also, one more point: If you have solar panels and a wind turbine on your house, YOU are providing energy to the grid. You pay 0 $. So which is cheaper you have to ask yourself??
I hate libs, so shut up.
What about the enormous amount of garbage we have? That emits plenty of gas and energy we can harvest as well. There are so many different ways each community can do this, yet we rely on the multinational corporations that dictate your beliefs.
