My work requires physical presence every now and then, so I have to transport to location. I’m also not a fan of video calls, so much context gets lost, and it tends to generate too much BS. Its a decent alternative in general though.
Fossil fuels are not renewable.
Nuclear fusion is the sun, it creates no waste, but its difficult to develop and test (its not efficient as of now). There’s also safety concerns (but not regarding nuclear waste)
What is available now is nuclear fission which does create nuclear waste but we can safely dispose it. By doing so, its much better for Co2 reduction than all fossil fuels we currently use (gas, coal, bio, etc). Together with the downtime renewables are going to have, and the lack of a world-wide grid in a World Of Peace (™), nuclear fission is a solid solution to reduce Co2. If only China was using it more than their coal stuff, they’d have much less smog issues.
Maybe the current disposal method doesn’t end up in your back yard ?? but it is in your neighbourhood if you consider this planet as your neighbourhood.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not against nuclear fission as long as the waste is dumped a long long way away from me on an island it can’t me removed from. Oh! that doesn’t exist so best be careful where it is deposited, Mr New Physsion
We as in society, specifically the workers of the company who are responsible for it. I’d rather have a nuclear fission reactor in my backyard than live near IJmuiden’s Tata Steel (or any coal plant). The waste, if you leave it alone, is safe. There’s much less choice in what air you breathe, apart from expensive safety masks.
OK got your society, not mine, but that’s fine. I see no such thing in terms of responsibility just an escape for individuals that tout ‘society’ ‘the greater good’ ‘god help us’
But yes being near a nuclear dump may seem , in the short term, better than a coal plant, but a coal plant is only 'short term/ nuclear is ‘forever’.
Anyway they will both run out soon, so the future is looking a bit cleaner regarding such waste.
Great question. I am a 63 year old male living in rural UK, I have an office 7km from home. I ride a bike for all local trips and where possible (2-3 times a week) for work, I have an electric car for all other trips, and I changed my diet to Vegan a little over a year ago.
I am powered by muscles - in a wheelchair - for roundabout the next 6 months. After that i will ride my bicycle again, I hope. Alternatives are busses or trains. Public traffic connections are good and barriere-free. The (Cologne/Bonn/GER) area here is a crowded region and I don’t need an own car.
To contribute something away from nuclear energy: I live in a major city and don’t own a car. Almost all trips can be made on foot, by public transport or by bicycle. The child sits in the trailer, which can be attached to both the trekking bike and the folding bike.
To work, I cycle 5 km to the station, 35 minutes S-Bahn or 20 minutes InterCity. The last 5 km belong to the folding bike again. Once a week I ride the folding bike the 65 km home.
For transport tasks, the child trailer must hold out. If the German government would subsidize cargo bikes instead of hybrid SUVs, one would be used for larger transports.
For vacation travel before Corona, the train was the transport of choice (also to Lisbon or Finland from Germany), combined with other public transport and/or the bicycle. During the pandemic, we took a vacation trip by car for the first time because we didn’t want to put the child through a mask of several hours on the train.
Three to four times a year we rent an electric car via car sharing for trips that can’t be done any other way.
I live for rent in an apartment building, so unfortunately no photovoltaic or heat pump…
Apparently average here in the forum and (decreasingly!) exotic in the rest of life.
