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Kinder22192 karma

How did you get the antenna to stay in the cloud? Balloon or something?

Thanks, I'll see myself out.

Kinder2211 karma

Did Les Miles have ridiculous contractual requirements? Had to ship in a sampling of sod from Death Valley every day while filming? Start every day with an enthusiastic clap, fingers spread just right to avoid injury?

But really, was it awesome working with Les?

Kinder226 karma

What are your thoughts on the legal system and racism in general in America, today compared to 44 years ago? Any improvement or same old same old?

Kinder225 karma

If solar/wind/nuclear/hydro have similar emissions, can you make a case for one/some over the others on some other factor? Safety, energy output, life cycle cost per unit of energy output, something like that? For example, I’ve heard that solar and wind will never come close to meeting our energy demands.

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According to this link posted elsewhere in this thread by u/ericgmeyer, mining for uranium has a relatively low impact compared to other resources mined for energy production. Also discussed elsewhere are methods for processing used nuclear fuel to minimize waste, and thus minimize how much new uranium needs to be mined. It's beyond my understanding but it sounds like the fuel rods are retired after only a small amount of depletion, and that the remaining "good fuel" could be recovered and reused.