▲ 763 ▼ Spicy Air ☢️ (lemmy.dbzer0.com) submitted 3 months ago by diffaldo@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/Memes@lemmy.dbzer0.com 240 comments fedilink hide all child comments Nuclear is the best btw.
[–] El_guapazo@lemmy.world -2 points 3 months ago (3 children) And how is the nuclear waste supposed to get there? Car, truck, or train will still have a spill permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] sulgoth@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 months ago (1 child) I don’t think you understand how durable and well sealed those casks are. It’s not fall off the side of the train and break open kind of tough, it’s get hit by the train going full speed and the train loses kind of tough. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Waraugh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 months ago I’m fairly certain I read they can also withstand a direct blast from fairly sizable munitions, like state actor missile size. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago Let's not pretend other fossil fuels don't have the same problem. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_spill Also, in the best case scenario, none of that shit goes back into the ground. We just burn it, or turn it into plastic, and it stays in our lives forever. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Ardyssian@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago https://youtu.be/1LVqkhpp0wQ Old video demonstrating that nuclear waste casks can survive severe accidents, such as a train crashing at 80 mph permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sulgoth@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 months ago (1 child) I don’t think you understand how durable and well sealed those casks are. It’s not fall off the side of the train and break open kind of tough, it’s get hit by the train going full speed and the train loses kind of tough. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Waraugh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 months ago I’m fairly certain I read they can also withstand a direct blast from fairly sizable munitions, like state actor missile size. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Waraugh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 months ago I’m fairly certain I read they can also withstand a direct blast from fairly sizable munitions, like state actor missile size. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago Let's not pretend other fossil fuels don't have the same problem. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_spill Also, in the best case scenario, none of that shit goes back into the ground. We just burn it, or turn it into plastic, and it stays in our lives forever. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ardyssian@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago https://youtu.be/1LVqkhpp0wQ Old video demonstrating that nuclear waste casks can survive severe accidents, such as a train crashing at 80 mph permalink fedilink source parent
