• Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz
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    5 days ago

    Not a great comparison given that climate change does continuous, irreparable damage, whereas nuclear waste from power plants just sits there. Nuclear waste from nuclear weapon production is its own issue tho.

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      5 days ago

      If it doesn’t do anything and ‘just sits there’ why do we have to be so careful where we put it? I don’t normally bury all my harmless materials at the bottom of a mine

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        5 days ago

        So that it does continue to just sit there. If you dissolve it in ground water or concentrate so much of it it vaporizes or break it up and disperse it, it is no longer just sitting there.

        Also lots of materials are harmless when treated correctly, and dangerous if dispersed.