Quixoticgeek"we can't have buses cos we live in a city that was designed in medieval times, and the roads are too small."
Dijon: hold my mustard.
Richard Michael Blaber@quixoticgeek @DoomsdaysCW This bus is still made of metals, & CO2 was still emitted in its production. If the electricity it runs on is not renewable, it will also entail CO2 emissions.
@rmblaber1956 @DoomsdaysCW yes. But this is France so most of the electrons in it battery came from uranium.
Ultimately while yes it does use materials to make. It's better than the several dozen wank panzers it otherwise replaces.
@quixoticgeek @DoomsdaysCW Nuclear electricity isn't much better than the fossil fuel variety, IMHO, & neither is good. However, I don't disagree.
@rmblaber1956 @DoomsdaysCW ultimate a 1gw nuclear power plant produces about a similar volume of nuclear waste in a year as a typical household bin. Which can then be packaged up and put somewhere safe. That's considerably better than pumping co2 into the atmosphere.
All the metal on that bus can be recycled almost limitlessly. Likewise the glass. The technology is almost mature to do that completely in a zero emission way that runs on renewable energy. Is it perfect today? Still good tho.
DoomsdaysCWOh, don't get me started on nuclear waste storage. Best not to create it in the first place! @quixoticgeek @rmblaber1956
@DoomsdaysCW @rmblaber1956 yes. But it's a lesser of two evils thing here. And if I shouldn't get you started. Maybe don't reply to my toots.
David S (inactive)@quixoticgeek @DoomsdaysCW @rmblaber1956 "I'm starving but I wont eat this bread because it doesn't have the jam which is arriving next month, so I'm going to eat this mud instead"
I mean, if you want to volunteer to store nuclear waste at hour house, that's your business (and your neighbors). But too many times, it is stored on or near #IndigenousLands. I suppose deep underground storage could be a solution, but again, we're kicking the can down the road for future generations to deal with. Not to mention transporting nuclear waste to storage areas. Imaging how bad a rail accident involving that would be... @quixoticgeek @rmblaber1956