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In reply to the discussion: News about Fukushima [View all]longship
(40,416 posts)Or, into Jupiter.
Launching into the Sun is much more difficult, believe it not. It takes a great deal more energy. I just mentioned that as a good place for the shit.
But Jupiter would be a good alternative. Unfortunately, we have too fucking much of the shit. Tons and tons and tons of it. With the percentage of launch failures, nobody in their right mind would take the risk. It is a non-starter.
The only alternative is to bury it deep someplace here on Earth. But where? Certainly not at a geologically active region. A salt mine would be good, since there is little or no interference with aquafers.
Regardless of whether we continue nuke power or not, we have to solve this problem. There is already too much shit now and it will just become more of a problem in the future. To postpone it, is madness.
The problem is, that no matter where you want to stash the shit, nobody wants it in their back yard -- so to speak.
Maybe Jupiter is the best idea.