A great video. I learned a lot. Being pro-nuclear energy for a long time, I was not aware of the exponential decay rate, neither the gamma-less radiation after approx 400 years. Good point, about the grossly oversafeting of nuclear fuel. I brings to mind what Schellenberg said regarding the Fukushima radiation reduction scheme, removing the top soil over a huge area around Fukushima, although the background radiation levels were comparable to a what an airline steward(ess ) receives in the course of her/his job. One critical comment, though: Co2 should not be demonized. Geological analysis going hundreds of million years back, show levels up to 20-fold higher than what we have now, without reaching any tipping point or positive feedback spiral. Al Gore won a Nobel Prize for his "inconvenient truth" presentation of the ice core data going 650.000 years back. What he failed to show was the opposite relationship between temperature and CO2 levels. (Temperature rises before the CO2 levels rise, which make sense as water will outgas CO2 when temperature increases) . Still, nuclear power represents the future, and the sooner humanity realizes it, the better.
A great video. I learned a lot. Being pro-nuclear energy for a long time, I was not aware of the exponential decay rate, neither the gamma-less radiation after approx 400 years. Good point, about the grossly oversafeting of nuclear fuel. I brings to mind what Schellenberg said regarding the Fukushima radiation reduction scheme, removing the top soil over a huge area around Fukushima, although the background radiation levels were comparable to a what an airline steward(ess ) receives in the course of her/his job. One critical comment, though: Co2 should not be demonized. Geological analysis going hundreds of million years back, show levels up to 20-fold higher than what we have now, without reaching any tipping point or positive feedback spiral. Al Gore won a Nobel Prize for his "inconvenient truth" presentation of the ice core data going 650.000 years back. What he failed to show was the opposite relationship between temperature and CO2 levels. (Temperature rises before the CO2 levels rise, which make sense as water will outgas CO2 when temperature increases) . Still, nuclear power represents the future, and the sooner humanity realizes it, the better.
Terrific article ... but ... sorry to nitpick little details :) 10,000 deaths from ladders? There are about 100/yr in the US ... https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/newsroom/feature/ladder-safety.html#:~:text=Each%20year%20in%20the%20U.S.,March%20is%20ladder%20safety%20month.
Even if deaths were pro-rata elsewhere, that would be ~2,500. I'm guessing Africa doesn't have as many ladders as the US ... ditto India. China?
Sorry to nit-pick, but without a source, a number should be believable and 10,000 just sounds wrong.