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Can't We Just Throw Our Nuclear Waste Down A Deep Hole?
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| 3/05/2015
Posted on 03/06/2015 5:23:26 AM PST by thackney
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posted on
03/06/2015 5:23:26 AM PST
by
thackney
To: thackney
Armies of geologists have studied this, and Yucca Mountain in Nevada is just about the ideal place to store this stuff. Provides the best geologic protection and gets less than an inch of rain per year.
Only problem is it can’t get by Harry Reid.
To: thackney
Nope. Makes too much sense. Can’t do it.
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posted on
03/06/2015 5:28:19 AM PST
by
ryan71
(Bibles, Beans and Bullets)
To: thackney
Might discover oil in the process!
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posted on
03/06/2015 5:30:22 AM PST
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: thackney
We did, but she keeps climbing out. Nobody wants to et close enough to hog tie Pelosi before we try again...
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posted on
03/06/2015 5:31:55 AM PST
by
MortMan
(All those in favor of gun control raise both hands!)
To: thackney
I would vote for dropping our nuclear waste from a plane over certain areas of the middle east....
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posted on
03/06/2015 5:36:49 AM PST
by
kjam22
(my music video "If My People" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74b20RjILy4)
To: thackney
I would vote for dropping our nuclear waste from a plane over certain areas of the middle east....
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posted on
03/06/2015 5:36:49 AM PST
by
kjam22
(my music video "If My People" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74b20RjILy4)
To: thackney
I would vote for dropping our nuclear waste from a plane over certain areas of the middle east....
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posted on
03/06/2015 5:36:49 AM PST
by
kjam22
(my music video "If My People" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74b20RjILy4)
To: kjam22
Holy cow.... I swear I only hit post one time!
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posted on
03/06/2015 5:37:19 AM PST
by
kjam22
(my music video "If My People" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74b20RjILy4)
To: thackney
Deep borehole disposal is simple. Drill a very deep hole 3 miles or so put the waste in it and fill it up with some special layers, but mainly crushed rock and cement. As geologists, we know how many millions of years it takes for anything to get up from that depth in the Earths crust. It didn't work out so well for our moon sixteen years ago. What makes us think it'll work for the Earth?
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posted on
03/06/2015 5:39:00 AM PST
by
Alex Murphy
("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
To: thackney
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posted on
03/06/2015 5:39:38 AM PST
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: Alex Murphy
Spinning off into space breaking the laws of physics and good taste doesn’t appeal very much to me. I’d love an eagle and a U shaped blaster though.
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posted on
03/06/2015 5:41:58 AM PST
by
wally_bert
(There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
To: central_va
That layer with Stahlman’s gas might be tapped and an inferno would begin.
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posted on
03/06/2015 5:43:57 AM PST
by
wally_bert
(There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
To: Alex Murphy
It didn't work out so well for our moon sixteen years ago. What are you talking about?
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posted on
03/06/2015 5:49:45 AM PST
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: thackney
"It didn't work out so well for our moon sixteen years ago." What are you talking about?
Try doing the math.
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posted on
03/06/2015 5:53:39 AM PST
by
Alex Murphy
("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
To: thackney
Even simpler, encase the waste in glass drums and sink them in the deepest parts of the ocean. There is plenty of sand to make the glass and no shortage of ocean depths.
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posted on
03/06/2015 5:54:37 AM PST
by
Don Corleone
("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
To: Alex Murphy
What are you claiming happened in early 1999?
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posted on
03/06/2015 5:57:13 AM PST
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: Alex Murphy
Try doing the math.
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posted on
03/06/2015 5:59:02 AM PST
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: Don Corleone
Even simpler, encase the waste in glass drums and sink them in the deepest parts of the ocean. There is plenty of sand to make the glass and no shortage of ocean depths.The "deepest parts of the ocean" is the Marianas Trench. That's a subduction zone, and anything you drop there is on it's way back into the Earth's mantle. You just have to keep it encased long enough to make the trip.
To: Alex Murphy
Why don’t you try explaining what you mean?
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posted on
03/06/2015 6:03:09 AM PST
by
yldstrk
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