Wow. People who disagree with you certainly are groveling fascists.
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Fiberglass is not a source microsplastics. It’s glass. It represents no danger to the future generations … unlike nuclear.
Citation needed.
The studies I’ve seen that make that claim are all based on Table 2 in Markandya, A., & Wilkinson, P. (2007). Electricity generation and health. The Lancet, 370(9591), 979-990 which excludes hydroelectric, solar, and wind. So, please cite your source so we can all see if you’re info is credible and germane.
Please show me how Iodine-129 is being used as a power source. With a toxic half life of 15 million years, and with it being produced in significant quantities, I’d be interested to know exactly how it is being used for fuel.
Your rhetoric is slick but seems to be focused on misinforming people as to the actual facts.
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It’s glass fibers embedded in a plastic matrix, usually polyester. It definitely can be a source of microplastics.
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Exactly, which is why the more technical and modern term for fiberglass is FRP - fiber reinforced plastic.
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That being absolutely true, I would still swallow a cup of micro-plastics over a spoonful of nuclear waste, and I hate micro-plastics.
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Well, “nuclear waste” is about as broad a category as “drugs”. It can be anything from low-activity low-level waste, which is basically ordinary rubbish that may have trace amounts of radioactives in it, to high-active transuranic waste from plutonium production, which can be deadly to handle or ingest.
The thing is, most nuclear waste is low-active and low-level stuff. And the largest amounts of high-active waste are in the form of spent fuel rods, which are mostly dense ceramics wrapped in metal, which means they’re easier to store than most people imagine. The glowing green goop stored in rusty barrels, as seen in DOOM or The Simpsons is not really a thing.
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Does my desire not to eat it really deserve a rebuttal? Because no one was talking about cartoon goop. It was a comparison to the pollution brought about by wind farms.
If you think the current inventories of nuclear waste, that we actually currently have, are easily manageable in the short- to long-term, great. I think they’re probably less sustainable than the waste from other energy sources, that require less elaborate disposal frameworks and that have lower environmental impacts over time.
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To be honest, not really. I just got hit with the urge to explain stuff online, without thinking too much about the context. Sorry!
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Never fight your urges!
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If you think that abortion is the only aspect of reproductive rights, then I must suspect you of mansplaining this to me. Thanks, ever so much.
And in fact, no, I’m not talking about the carefully drawn up policy page of either candidate. I was specifically referring to the time the Senator from Vermont admonished Democrats to hone their focus to economics and stop muddying the waters with fringe issues like reproductive rights.
I didn’t mention the former Secretary of State, but since you have, I’ll just point out that for decades now she has been saying “Women’s rights are human rights.”
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Neat, now please provide a citation that fiberglass is a source of microplastics or that used blades present a danger to future generations. I’d be happy to supply just oodles of links that support my claim if you need them. You made the claim after all. You can’t expect me to accept rhetoric. After all, they use fiberglass as protection from contamination when they study and measure microplastics.
So about that Iodine-129, I see you have ignored the hard questions again. What’s the deal?
Also, about your claim that nuclear kills more than all other sources of power being sourced from a study that did not include a single renewable energy source; I noticed you didn’t respond to that either and instead doubled down on your microplastics claims. So, what exactly is your source for your claims that nuclear is safer than solar, hydro, wind, and geothermal? Inquiring minds want to know.
You’re confusing me with someone else, clearly.
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