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Young climate activist tells Greenpeace to drop ‘old-fashioned’ anti-nuclear stance
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Long lead times, cost overruns, producing power at a higher price point than renewables, long run time needed to break even, even longer dismantling times and a still unsolved waste problem. Compared to renewables that we can build right now.
Nice, we can defer the problem to the next generation.
And unlike nuclear reactors, solar panels can be recycled completely
Did you even read my comment? What's your solution for the waste from solar power and the batteries needed to store it? That is a far more immediate and even longer-term problem.
Radioactive waste can be stored completely safely underground. The only reason we aren't is because of "bleeding heart" morons who demand 100% safety, but only when it comes to nuclear. If we're going to apply your concerns fairly, then solar power and anything involving battery farms is completely off the table. It's far more damaging and more immediate than properly stored nuclear waste.
I would know this because part of my career has involved the manufacture and R&D for various types of solar panels. You have no idea what goes into making them and the challenges involving their safe disposal.
There's a reason why I hate conservatives and don't care about the wellbeing of liberals. Conservatives actively fuck shit up and you morons enable them.
EDIT: To respond to your edit, no they can't be.
https://www.epa.gov/hw/solar-panel-recycling
How about you do some research instead of using a link from an organization that has a financial interest in getting you to buy solar panels and use them for recycling? Of course we can recycle the frames and glass in solar panels, that's fucking easy. But nobody is worried about poisoning the environment from fucking glass. What's your plan for the actual toxic metals and other chemicals in them?
The plan is the same as for all other parts, recycling. The US gas no provisions about recycling currently, which is the reason people choose the cheapest disposal method currently, just dumping it.