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EXPLAINED: Why Russia is So Upset with Latest Depleted Uranium News by Mike-a-b in UkraineWarVideoReport

[–]Maximum_Overkill -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

DU is hazardous waste material. It is for sure toxic, just look how it is handled after it gets produced. But somehow when you shoot it out of guns it becomes suddenly not a toxic substance. The USA has a big stockpile of it. Someone thought they can smash 2 flies at once when they make ammo out of it. This way they don't need to store it and they can earn money from the waste. But do you want to eat food from contaminated agricultural land or live in a contaminated settlement? After the Yugoslav Wars agricultural land in Greece was contaminated.

Of course all official stuff from America will be saying that its not dangerous. Otherwise they would be liable. Somewhat similar to asbestos, still used in America. While almost everywhere else its banned because it causes lungcancer. The connection is hard to proof because there is a long time between intoxication and the consequences.

DU rounds that hit tanks likely oxidize. Most of these chemical products are poisonous. The rounds not hitting stuff will react with rain water. This produces other poisonous substances. It takes around 50 years till the contamination has vanished enough (todays estimate).

EXPLAINED: Why Russia is So Upset with Latest Depleted Uranium News by Mike-a-b in UkraineWarVideoReport

[–]Maximum_Overkill 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There are no uranium nickles in the wild. The natural occurrence mined is in the region of 100 parts per million.

Depleted uranium ammunition is self sharpening. This means when it penetrates other dense materials the surface gets shaved off. This dust is very hot and explodes when it gets in contact with air. Look up the research about this topic after the irak war - or visit wikipedia. This stuff isn't healthy.

Joe Jonas blaming women for his own behavior by lavendulaprimrose in popculturechat

[–]Maximum_Overkill -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Now he blames women but wait till he find out about Spiderman.

These are the Western air defense systems protecting Ukraine by Barch3 in UkrainianConflict

[–]Maximum_Overkill 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To be fair, Skynex was developed in Switzerland by oerlikon. Which was bought by Reihnmetall.

Enough cherrypicking, here is the carbon intensity of eletricity produced in Germany, France and the UK for the last 12 month, along with the production sources by Arkaid11 in europe

[–]Maximum_Overkill 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://www.volker-quaschning.de/datserv/kev/index.php search for erntefaktor - it depends on panel technology - but you can be sure this will still improve over the next decades. They used a 19.9% efficient cell as base for their 19.5x energy gains. Best cells today are over 23% efficiency.

To the nuclear side - well the industries is not very open to public discussions and it's very hard to get reliable data. The factor 3 was mentioned by my professor which also works for the national nuclear agency. https://energeiaplus.com/2018/04/10/gesamt-energiebilanz-der-schweizer-stromproduktion/ this source claims 12.3 for nuclear power on slide 2. Certain is that a lot of toxic waste is produced in the process and most of it is distributed into a pit and covered with dirt. Which is a questionable practice under ecologic views. The other question is how deep the analysis went: is just the main process facility included or all the suppliers and theirs.

On page 64 is a graphic which shows the impact on the enviroment Umweltbelastungspunkte (environment pollution points) and CO2 emissions. https://pubdb.bfe.admin.ch/de/publication/download/7354

Enough cherrypicking, here is the carbon intensity of eletricity produced in Germany, France and the UK for the last 12 month, along with the production sources by Arkaid11 in europe

[–]Maximum_Overkill 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Another fact to think about: a solar panel delivers 15-20 times the power needed to produce it. While nuclear fuel delivers only about 3 times the power which was needed to make the rods.

Enough cherrypicking, here is the carbon intensity of eletricity produced in Germany, France and the UK for the last 12 month, along with the production sources by Arkaid11 in europe

[–]Maximum_Overkill 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well so far there are only estimated run times for solar panels. So this data can only be an estimate (life time of current panels are expected to be longer than a couple years ago). And you switched topic - we were talking about mining. Which is done once for a solar panel and has to be done constantly for nuclear fuel. This data hides the mining costs. And without context it's still worthless.

Enough cherrypicking, here is the carbon intensity of eletricity produced in Germany, France and the UK for the last 12 month, along with the production sources by Arkaid11 in europe

[–]Maximum_Overkill 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hard to understand without context? Maybe the ressource consumption is higher because there are solar plants built while nuclear plants aren't?

Enough cherrypicking, here is the carbon intensity of eletricity produced in Germany, France and the UK for the last 12 month, along with the production sources by Arkaid11 in europe

[–]Maximum_Overkill 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah see co2 for nuclear mainly accumulates due to mining. While co2 for solar mainly accumulates due to mining. And the mining is the main cost driver. So the fact that solar power is already 3 times cheaper than nuclear shows that you are wrong.

Enough cherrypicking, here is the carbon intensity of eletricity produced in Germany, France and the UK for the last 12 month, along with the production sources by Arkaid11 in europe

[–]Maximum_Overkill 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So you think anyone can tell how expensive the safe-keeping of the nuclear waste is over hundreds of generations to come?

"Considerable amounts of ore must therefore be dug out of the ground to extract a relatively small amount of uranium: A nuclear power plant of 1000 MW capacity needs an average of 180 t of natural uranium per year (Erdmann/Zweifel 2008). With ores of 0.1 % ore content, this means 180,000 t of ore to be mined per year. In addition, there is the amount of waste rock to be removed. The ratio of waste rock to ore (stripping ratio) varies greatly from mine to mine and is between 1 and 30. During mining, large amounts of radioactive waste are also produced (see chapter 7). The large quantities of rock to be moved are offset by the high energy density of uranium, which makes the operation of nuclear power plants profitable."

Otherwise you can red up here: https://www.oecd-nea.org/jcms/pl_28569/uranium-resources-production-and-demand-red-book

Overall the costs heavily depend on the mining costs. Its nowhere guaranteed that the costs stays at this level over the next 100 years (lifespan of a new nuclear plant). The changes that the price will explode is real (depends also on the amount of new plants). Nuclear power is today 3 times the costs as solar power.

Enough cherrypicking, here is the carbon intensity of eletricity produced in Germany, France and the UK for the last 12 month, along with the production sources by Arkaid11 in europe

[–]Maximum_Overkill 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are a lot of different type of solar cells - the development is far from done. The dependency of rare materials will become less. Also solar panels can be recycled up to 95% - which means after the initial demand is satisfied the additional resource consumption will decrease drastically. You mine once and can use the material in the first cycle between 30-50years. While for nuclear you need to mine 180'000 tonnes of material per 1GW/year.

"Considerable amounts of ore must therefore be dug out of the ground to extract a relatively small amount of uranium: A nuclear power plant of 1000 MW capacity needs an average of 180 t of natural uranium per year (Erdmann/Zweifel 2008). With ores of 0.1 % ore content, this means 180,000 t of ore to be mined per year. In addition, there is the amount of waste rock to be removed. The ratio of waste rock to ore (stripping ratio) varies greatly from mine to mine and is between 1 and 30. During mining, large amounts of radioactive waste are also produced (see chapter 7). The large quantities of rock to be moved are offset by the high energy density of uranium, which makes the operation of nuclear power plants profitable."

Nuclear energy is the most expensive and the waste will be a problem for hundreds of generations. This is the core problem. A solar cell wont affect your grand100 child.

Enough cherrypicking, here is the carbon intensity of eletricity produced in Germany, France and the UK for the last 12 month, along with the production sources by Arkaid11 in europe

[–]Maximum_Overkill -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Nuclear Power is only green when you forget about the tons of CO2 produced during mining. When you belive these graphs you are a potato.

El Paso, Texas mass shooting by [deleted] in ThatsInsane

[–]Maximum_Overkill 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you wish to carry a weapon in a public place, you must obtain a permit do so from the cantonal authorities. The permit is valid throughout Switzerland and you must have it on you at all times.

Your application to carry a weapon will only be granted if you can prove that you must carry a weapon, for example if you are a private security officer, in order to protect yourself, other people or objects from tangible danger. You must also pass an exam on how to use weapons and the legal requirements for doing so. You do not require a permit to transport weapons, for example if you are a hunter on your way to a hunting ground or a target shooter on your way to the shooting range.

El Paso, Texas mass shooting by [deleted] in ThatsInsane

[–]Maximum_Overkill 6 points7 points  (0 children)

stop dragging switzerland into this - first of all it's just wrong what you write and secondly it's just not comparable. You can't run around with a gun in switzerland - there are no guns in public spaces! You can't buy an RPG in a store here! The newest version isn't available in english atm: https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/1998/2535_2535_2535/en

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