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3. Nuclear power is awesome, but it's Fission, Fusion reactors will be ultimate greatness!

Thu Apr 16, 2015, 04:23 PM

Apr 2015

Fusion on the way baby!

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Coal versus Nuclear [View all] RobertEarl Apr 2015 OP

Coal doesn't require 50,000 years to biodegrade like nuclear waste. Cleita Apr 2015 #1

Yep RobertEarl Apr 2015 #2

Also coal can be replaced with solar wind and other renewables so Cleita Apr 2015 #5

Centralia Pennsylvania... hunter Apr 2015 #4

Except this isn't a example of why coal power plants are bad. Lancero Apr 2015 #11

Um, why was the coal mined? hunter Apr 2015 #13

Okay. hunter Apr 2015 #20

Do you have any comprehension of the amount of radiation emitted... SidDithers Apr 2015 #6

No more than he has any scientific comprehension about anything. hobbit709 Apr 2015 #7

Link or slink RobertEarl Apr 2015 #10

We actually shouldn't do either. Cleita Apr 2015 #8

Don't be silly Sid... FBaggins Apr 2015 #14

... NuclearDem Apr 2015 #9

The cumulative negative effects on Earth of coal Takket Apr 2015 #16

No. RobertEarl Apr 2015 #17

Unlike the toxic waste from coal? hunter Apr 2015 #19

This is why RobertEarl Apr 2015 #21