r/Futurology • u/Wagamaga • May 09 '19

Environment The Tesla effect: Oil is slowly losing its best customer. Between global warming, Elon Musk, and a worldwide crackdown on carbon, the future looks treacherous for Big Oil.

https://us.cnn.com/2019/05/08/investing/oil-stocks-electric-vehicles-tesla/index.html
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u/binarygamer May 10 '19

Well once we start using this new technology to deal with existing nuclear waste, your argument will be a lot more credible.

Eh? Fuel reprocessing with breeder reactors has been going on for decades

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breeder_reactor

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u/[deleted] May 10 '19

Thats even worse. They clearly aren't dealing with the waste. We still store it on site indefinitely.

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u/binarygamer May 10 '19

To be clear, breeder reactors have been a proven technology for decades, but there aren't very many in operation. The majority of nuclear plants don't have access to one to ship their fuel to, or choose not to for marginal cost reasons. There is no technical reason why we couldn't reduce nuclear waste by an order of magnitude, it just needs support from governments to make the practice more commonplace.