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longship

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13. It's easier to launch out of the solar system
Sun Aug 5, 2012, 11:23 AM
Aug 2012

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.

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News about Fukushima [View all] RobertEarl Aug 2012 OP
What a mess. UnrepentantLiberal Aug 2012 #1
No nukes. Obama this means you. grahamhgreen Aug 2012 #2
knr. This one scares the hell out of me. chknltl Aug 2012 #3
That's got to be a heavy particle bombardment to mess up electronics. Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2012 #4
More likely, while the robots are exposed to the intense radiation they become very radioactive chemenger Aug 2012 #49
AFAIK It cannot blow to pieces. longship Aug 2012 #5
Nukes are alive and not well. Fuddnik Aug 2012 #6
That is an entirely different argument. longship Aug 2012 #7
By "Modular Nuke" you're talking radiothermal generators (RTG) localroger Aug 2012 #37
I stand corrected. Thank you! longship Aug 2012 #42
Not natural? Edweird Aug 2012 #8
I was addressing Plutonium longship Aug 2012 #10
I agree that we should not make it in the first place. Edweird Aug 2012 #11
It's easier to launch out of the solar system longship Aug 2012 #13
So we are going to launch it into space - without knowing what the consequences can be? Isn't jwirr Aug 2012 #15
Well, it isn't going to really happen, is it? longship Aug 2012 #19
Agreed - this is really a problem. One that has been setting around for a long time. And it involves jwirr Aug 2012 #23
what did Jupiter ever do to us? magical thyme Aug 2012 #22
Well, it is a big gravity sink. longship Aug 2012 #24
Actually, a subduction zone would be perfect localroger Aug 2012 #38
Ahhh! I remember that now. longship Aug 2012 #39
It can blow up, has "blown up". But not in the way you're thinking. Not like a nuclear bomb. Poll_Blind Aug 2012 #21
Not Doomsday but Doomscentury due to all those fission products in the food chain flamingdem Aug 2012 #29
CS 137 is a big problem longship Aug 2012 #35
The way in which this receives no serious coverage on M$Greedia malaise Aug 2012 #9
The way the rest of the world seems to be ignoring this dixiegrrrrl Aug 2012 #12
You're right malaise Aug 2012 #16
The media is mostly invested in or outright owned by the nuclear industry. raouldukelives Aug 2012 #33
KNR. This has become an invisible story. Thanks GEMSNBC for staying ontop of it. leveymg Aug 2012 #14
Godzilla, Rodan, AND Mothra longship Aug 2012 #25
Maybe Japan could just incentivize its relationship with radiation? leveymg Aug 2012 #32
Just to be clear, there is no way in this god's green earth nadinbrzezinski Aug 2012 #17
Actually there was a mushroom cloud RobertEarl Aug 2012 #45
Yes small explosions can produce a mushrom cloud, but nadinbrzezinski Aug 2012 #47
You are like the M$M RobertEarl Aug 2012 #50
Yes, but not a nuclear weapon, which is what you are implying. nadinbrzezinski Aug 2012 #51
Do those clouds travel around the earth? kentuck Aug 2012 #18
Per ast year nadinbrzezinski Aug 2012 #27
You can by some time by moving to the southern hemisphere. CrispyQ Aug 2012 #34
Yay nukes! Nukes good! Nukes on or near fault lines better! More nukes please!! nc4bo Aug 2012 #20
This message was self-deleted by its author darkangel218 Aug 2012 #26
There are portable units nadinbrzezinski Aug 2012 #28
Where do i go to borrow one? darkangel218 Aug 2012 #30
Nevermind, i googled it, its too expensive. darkangel218 Aug 2012 #31
Just get a dosimeter. longship Aug 2012 #36
dosimeters measure dose indie9197 Aug 2012 #41
Call someone at a nearby Health Physics Society Chapter indie9197 Aug 2012 #40
My car was manufactured in Hiroshima darkangel218 Aug 2012 #43
From what I read cars CAN DEFINITELY be contaminated. PearliePoo2 Aug 2012 #52
Early on, critics were chervilant Aug 2012 #44
NRC in the US RobertEarl Aug 2012 #46
The M$M chervilant Aug 2012 #48
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