Soldato
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- 23 May 2006
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I hate NIMBYism however if it comes to fracking I am a fully signed up NIMBY. not in my back yard, not in your back yard either. nuclear is not ideal but is necessary for now. I would much rather effort be put into renewables as well as inBlocking fracking totally makes sense, we missed the time to do that, we are transitioning away from fossils and better spent focussing our efforts there.
The NIMBYism on fracking would be far worse than on shore wind, and the Tories are banning that due to NIMBYism right now...
nuclear
I am no expert but at a glance thorium looks a promising longer term nuclear ...... far shorter half-life on the waste and the reaction is more controllable. (in the interests of honesty.... I failed the chemistry part of my degree however - luckily not a core module - so someone more qualified than me may say I am talking crap.... but it seems more plausible than fusion to me at this point.
not sure if true but I have read we would likely have a number of thorium reactors now but development was squashed back in the day as it doesn't have much use in weapons.