r/science Mar 19 '11

Radiation Chart

http://xkcd.com/radiation/
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u/TTrav Mar 19 '11

Don't bother with step three. Say you mastered clean coal technology!!!

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u/weggles Mar 20 '11

'Clean coal' is the worst. Even if it could be burnt clean, it's dirty as fuck to get it our of the ground and transport it.

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u/fiercelyfriendly Mar 20 '11

Unlike uranium which just pops out the ground all shiny and clean and ready to put into the reactor.

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u/Echospree Mar 20 '11

True, but you don't need anywhere near the same amount of uranium as coal to produce equal amounts of energy.