Quite a few countries are and have been more or less cashless for some time. In NZ for example almost no one uses cash, its all cards and has been that way for a long time. Online transactions are mostly direct transfers. We have not had a government no privacy zombie Apocalypse yet. Also cash is not as anonymous as you think.

Then the problem has nothing to do with the payment method.

Or just email us. I always provide a pdf to anyone who asks

This is *not* ultra radioactive. It is a tiny amount of activity. We have stupid low recommended limits to Cover Ass, not based on science. There are a lot of people living in places where they will receive more than a recommended amount all the time. And don't display any adverse health effects.

Err, no. If its not critical then is just decay heat. You get a little spontaneous neutrons, but really really low levels of it. Think about it this way, if it produces anything like enough stuff to be a concern how could it do that for thousands of years? You can't make something from nothing. The total mass of the result is approximately the same.

So either its high activity and will be over in short order, or very low activity that is a little hot for a long time. You can't have both.

If you want to worry about something, worry about the fact that this type of reactor is still in service around the former USSR.

Don't get him started on how much wind energy Germany uses. Germany would have to be in a permanent hurricane. Oh and he also doesn't think there are any running costs associated with wind turbines. And well just say the word nuclear and he will gone on and on about the thousands, 10s of thousands of people killed by nuclear accidents... that are somehow hidden from everyone.

Children are only at particular risk when there is lots of radioactive iodine around *and* a lack of iodine tables. But its short half life means it is no longer around. The fairly low trace amounts of stuff in the soil only puts you in a "high background" environment, and is hardly a big issue.

Unless you are just always scared of the word nuclear.

That is not qualified nor properly tested. Pop quiz how many hours in a year. How long do you want your reactor to last?

No it doesn't. It like all 2 party systems. You between shit and syphilis.

Tidal power is not wave power. It really is quite a different problem.

There may well be a solution and it may well be more expensive than alternative methods of generating power. By the way the problem of corrosion in molten salt reactors was suggested, but neither tested or qualified. It was also very expensive.

That does not fix the bio fouling problem and is not maintenance free. You are always stuck with both high capitol costs and high maintenance costs. This translates into expensive power.

That is not a citation. You assert that *machine* autonomy is more dangerous that the current nuclear arsenal. Of course in reality your just a Luddite pulling stuff out of your arse. Driver less cars are autonomous by the way.

It is a d20. We are rolling for damage.

Why worry about ocean acidification. The fish will/are all long gone before that is going to be a problem.