Kevin CarsonMar 21, 2024
We long ago reached the point where the social relations of production became incompatible with further development of the forces of production. It's more profitable for private equity and other vulture capital to buy up productive capacity, and asset-strip and enshittify it.
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@KevinCarson1 For example, we can definitely recycle uranium. In fact, over 99% of all nuclear waste can be reprocessed and reused. Be we *don’t* because it’s simply more “economical” to mine more uranium.

I want to close the nuclear fuel cycle and make it the true renewable energy source it was always meant to be.

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@KevinCarson1 This line of research was pursued in the 1970s and 80s as known uranium deposits were beginning to run out. Unfortunately, a lot of the funding for this research dried up as soon as new deposits were discovered. At the current rate we’re extracting, we’re going to start running out again right around the next decade. I’d much prefer it if we had some breeder reactors set up when that happens.
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