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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

I did read that, which is why I said this:

Sure, maybe some new practical way to make a reactor without uranium or to find uranium elsewhere might happen. But that’s a MIGHT.

Building tons more nuclear reactors in the hopes that we'll find new resources to power them all because we haven't spent enough time prospecting does not make much rational sense to me.

[-] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 weeks ago

You appear to be severely misunderstanding the source. You may want to take the time to read through it again.

Also, did you think we checked each and every resource we industrialised to make sure we had a few millenia worth before we started using them? Last I heard, our known lithium resources are only sufficient for a decade or two at current rates, never mind the increasing usage.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Are you asking if we did smart things before we began exploiting resources? Because the answer is no, never. Not once.

[-] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 weeks ago

You're missing the point, which is that we don't normally measure reserves in centuries. We prospect as needed, and there is no reason to think that we would be unable to locate new deposits as necessary. All this and more is covered in the source you linked.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

We prospect as needed

Which has never once caused a problem before, am I right?

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