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Originally Posted by nexsuperne
Nuclear is supposed to be a clean fuel, yet they still cannot safely deal with the waste, even after all this time.
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They can safely deal with the waste, the problem isn't that they don't know how (isolate) the problem is that they face political opposition.
To be sure, political opposition is, when it's implemented, as real a problem as any other roadblocking problem, but political problems are in a different class than problems that originate with economics, engineering, physics and chemistry. Political problems arise from people's attitudes and as such they are not as intractable as problems with physics, chemistry, and market forces. There is no way to make the sun shine at night or to make the wind blow when the air is calm, but there are ways to change people's political positions, though they're not easy.
For instance, whenever someone is declared as an environmentalist or an anti-nuclear activist simply ask them to uphold the costs of their beliefs - impose a 200% surtax on their energy consumption and subject them to the front of the line whenever brownouts and blackouts are required. In other words, subject them to the consequences which follow from their obstructionism rather than subjecting the entire population to the penalties. This would, I imagine, be a powerful tool in helping to persuade people on the merits of an issue when all they seem to focus on are the drawbacks.