From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,60e2922351e0e780 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-11-17 12:13:20 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cyclone.bc.net!news.uunet.ca!nf3.bellglobal.com!nf1.bellglobal.com!nf2.bellglobal.com!news20.bellglobal.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Warren W. Gay VE3WWG" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 Netscape/7.1 (ax) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: OT: Nuclear Waste (Was Re-Marketing Ada) References: <3FB0B57D.6070906@noplace.com> <3FB22125.1040807@noplace.com> <3FB3751D.5090809@noplace.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 14:58:43 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 198.96.223.163 X-Complaints-To: abuse@sympatico.ca X-Trace: news20.bellglobal.com 1069099087 198.96.223.163 (Mon, 17 Nov 2003 14:58:07 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 14:58:07 EST Organization: Bell Sympatico Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:2586 Date: 2003-11-17T14:58:43-05:00 List-Id: Jeffrey Carter wrote: > Warren W. Gay VE3WWG wrote: > >> There are pools all over the place just gathering more nuclear >> waste. They keep gathering it, leaving it to the next generation >> to figure out what to do with it. I think this is criminal. What >> active research has there been to deal with the problem? How much >> do they spend each year in working on this problem? Where are the >> results? >> >> Don't be fooled. The next generations will be the ones stuck with >> the problem and the economic costs of dealing with it. > > > In the 1850s, distilling petroleum to make kerosene for lamps produced a > volatile, highly flammable, undesirable waste product that was burned > immediately because it was good for nothing. Today we call that waste > product gasoline (or petrol) and use it to power our vehicles. What > makes you think that nuclear waste is any different? We have no use for > it today, but it may be very valuable in 100 years. Wishful thinking I think. ;-) -- Warren W. Gay VE3WWG http://home.cogeco.ca/~ve3wwg