Solution to the Earth's trash/waste...

[Electric Amish]

Yeah, like we could ever get people to go along with launching nuclear waste into space.

Don't get me wrong. It's a great idea. I fully support it. But, all the pansy-assed tree-huggers of the world nearly crapped themselves when we launched the Cassini probe that used a small amount of Plutonium as it's power source. Can you imagine the uproar if we tried to launch an entire rocket full of the stuff??

amish

 

[ShotgunSteven]

We would need an orbital elevator to get it off of the planet for anything approaching a reasonable cost, not to mention with minimal risk compared to rockets.

 

[LuckyTaxi]

dump it in space

 

[AnujTech]

On the note about it exploding in the atmosphere, the storage places that hold the nuclear waste here is very durable, since I have some direct knowledge about them, I know they can withstand fires/earthquakes, and are virtually indestructable. An explosion would hardly do anything, but the sun's intense (irreproducible amount of heat energy).

About the cost factor.. would you rather pay $10,000 and send the crap away, or live with it here a few miles from your house? When I mean you, I don't mean YOU, I mean it as a whole...

/AnujTech, hoping NASA see this..

 

[dpk777]

elementary school kids think of that solution...

 

[Ameesh]

<< On the note about it exploding in the atmosphere, the storage places that hold the nuclear waste here is very durable, since I have some direct knowledge about them, I know they can withstand fires/earthquakes, and are virtually indestructable. An explosion would hardly do anything, but the sun's intense (irreproducible amount of heat energy).

About the cost factor.. would you rather pay $10,000 and send the crap away, or live with it here a few miles from your house? When I mean you, I don't mean YOU, I mean it as a whole...

/AnujTech, hoping NASA see this.. >>



i think you actually believe this.... oh man.... i hope someone who knows you beats you.


$10k per pound! imagine a small landfill has sevreal thousand tons of waste, $10K * 3000 * 2000 = 60,000,000,000, thats 60 billion dollars for one small landfill.


you're a retard.


(this isnt a skoorb effect, this guy is just plain stupid)

 

[Passions]

All this talk of sending it to the sun, why not the moon? And have it spill all over it, so that we could see a pretty glowing moon!!!

 

[Martin]

not feasable yet. If anti-gravity pods are ever invented, then yes, it would be possible.

 

[Gunbuster]

Genom corp. should have a sky hook built by 2040


/me needs to stop watching so much anime

 

[Thrillhou]

What if the mean aliens get mad at us for sending all that trash to their backyard and they decide to invade us?

I would rather pay my $10/month for trash pickup and have it hauled 10 miles down the road than having to pay $1000000/month for trash pickup, have it hauled 10 million miles down the road and then get invaded by tree hugging aliens.

 

[milagro]

lets remember that all of this trash was created from materials(minerals/natural resources) here on earth-- if we keep launching everything into the sun - eventually we might be the size of pluto.


as an alternative, maybe we could just dump it into active volcanos and find a way to manage the fumes...

 

[mchammer187]

spending a trillion on a rocket that could only hold a few tons and go to the sun not very cost effective at all

the money could be better spent recycling or even incineration

 

[Lucky]

<< If anti-gravity pods are ever invented, then yes, it would be possible.
>>




Actually I threw together one yesterday using some spare computer parts, a few dead cats and some super glue. Where would I go to market this thing?

 

[Bignate603]

There's some stuff that you would not to even MOVE, let alone load it on a rocket. In some facilities there is scaffolding over very larrge tanks of waste. This is so radioactive that if the tank was suddenly opened and you fell off the scaffolding towards the tank (fall of about 10 feet) you would die before you hit. It is so radioactive it interferes with your nervous system and prevents it from firing. Would you want to load that on a truck, let alone fire it off into space? Let's think of the potential for terrorist interference too, it wouldn't take alot to make it spread that stuff over a very large area...

 

[b0mbrman]

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<< What about dumping it in the ocean? It's not like we drink it or anything. >>

Actually we do. Ever hear of desallinization (sp?)? >>



Only the Saudi's do that...