Global Warming and our Changing World

A few weeks ago, I was a major fan of nuclear power. I thought it could solve all our problems. When I was younger, I was more familiar with the issue of nuclear waste. It seemed to be in the media somewhat more. At the time a few weeks ago during which I was enthused about the prospects of nuclear power, I hadn’t considered the implications of creating new nuclear waste.

Apparently, the stuff just builds up. We don’t have a proper disposal or conversion method yet. You’d think we’d wait before moving forward with such a technology. It’s not perfectly clean. Because instead of producing pollution in the air and water, it just concentrates it into radioactive drums.

It’s not the best solution available, but maybe it will be good enough until we can properly dispose of the waste materials generated. Who knows, in 50 years, we may have mastered cold fusion, and no longer need the waste-making nuclear power.