Aren't we forgetting the big desserts and unpopulated areas that the big nations like USA, France, Russia are conducting nuclear bomb tests? Those places could prove useful by storing the waste instead of nuking them every now and then.
No I haven't forgotten them. I never forget the nuclear testing we were subjected to at Maralinga and the long term consquences of that and I'm quite sure it was on the minds of a lot of Australians and our pacific neighbours when the French decided to begin nuclear testing at Mururoa Atoll
And I did mention earlier in the thread that deserts whilst not inhabited by a lot of humans are still vital ecosystems that are home to many native species of flora and fauna. All of which are part of the bigger picture for the environment. That is to say that what you do in your backyard may have far reaching consequences for other parts of the environment thousands of kilometres away.
The only safe place for uranium is in the ground where it already is and even that, as pointed out by Kel earlier is not without its issues.
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Aren't we forgetting the big desserts and unpopulated areas that the big nations like USA, France, Russia are conducting nuclear bomb tests? Those places could prove useful by storing the waste instead of nuking them every now and then.
i live in those deserts. those areas you think are unpopulated have green communities living there. look in the back of MOTHER EARTH NEWS and you'll find ads selling land in places you never thought people would live. solar energy has opened up the world and people can live where they want; not just where the power companies will bring power. when the oceans rise; people will need to evacuate into those areas too. if; by some chance they don't; then population growth will require that land. every 15 minutes, someone is born in the us.
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No I haven't forgotten them. I never forget the nuclear testing we were subjected to at Maralinga and the long term consquences of that and I'm quite sure it was on the minds of a lot of Australians and our pacific neighbours when the French decided to begin nuclear testing at Mururoa Atoll
http://www.abc.net.au/quantum/info/mururoa.htm
http://www.american.edu/ted/ice/mururoa.htm
http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/lcj/wayward/ch16.html
And I did mention earlier in the thread that deserts whilst not inhabited by a lot of humans are still vital ecosystems that are home to many native species of flora and fauna. All of which are part of the bigger picture for the environment. That is to say that what you do in your backyard may have far reaching consequences for other parts of the environment thousands of kilometres away.
The only safe place for uranium is in the ground where it already is and even that, as pointed out by Kel earlier is not without its issues.
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I don't see that there is only ONE alternative Ahnimus.
And I agree that continuing the way we have with fossil fuel has been very dangerous also.
*~You're IT Bert!~*
Hold on to the thread
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i live in those deserts. those areas you think are unpopulated have green communities living there. look in the back of MOTHER EARTH NEWS and you'll find ads selling land in places you never thought people would live. solar energy has opened up the world and people can live where they want; not just where the power companies will bring power. when the oceans rise; people will need to evacuate into those areas too. if; by some chance they don't; then population growth will require that land. every 15 minutes, someone is born in the us.