• saigot@lemmy.ca
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    5 months ago

    it is practically essential for space travel/colonization in the long term.

    Seems like it’s pretty important we nit burn through our finite reserves of it if we can help it. I’m nit aayjng we should reach zero nuclear, but I don’t think we should be relying on it too much either.

    • I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      We are no where near close to running out of nuclear material. And for its energy density, we are unlikely to run out anytime in the next 10000 years. It can also be found in asteroids or other rocky bodies, so unlike wood or fossil fuels, Earth isn’t the only place to get it.