Nuclear energy poses an even greater environmental threat than global warming

Nuclear waste has way more destructive effects on the environment than fossil-fuel burning. Eventually the environment will suck up the CO2 we've added (once we've stopped adding to it), and though that will take generations, thousands of years from now we will not have a CO2 problem. But nuclear waste lasts 100s of thousands of years if not millions to billions. Some nuclear material will last longer than our planet. That means it easily lasts longer than any containers we have to hold it. And so far we don't even HAVE a place to hold it. Nuclear waste is a tragic legacy we leave for future generations of our planet and until we have a proper way to deal with it, what are we doing even discussing producing more? Today, more than ever, we owe it our future generations to act responsibility and in the long term. I hope we don't respond to the fears of global warming only to produce an even greater problem!

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