I was just pointing out the coincidence (or not) that right now a web comic is publishing a story exactly about what you mentioned: our civilization may not last 10,000 years and what will happen with the present day's radioactive waste? Isaac PS.: The story is good, as it was the original XKCD 1190. I recommend both. Em 27/06/2014 10:34, Richard R. Pope escreveu: > Issac, > What are you referring to? Burying our left over fission material=20 > in the ground? Or that our civilization will be gone in a thousand or=20 > ten thousand years? > Frankly I don't think civilization will last another one hundred yea= rs. > Thanks, > rich! > > On 6/27/2014 8:01 AM, Isaac Marino Bavaresco wrote: >> Em 27/06/2014 06:17, Richard R. Pope escreveu: >>> Well right now they are proposing to take this fuel and go bury = it >>> in the ground. This is really stupid. It would be like taking 90 percen= t >>> of our oil, coal, and gas and burying it in the ground and then telling >>> people that it is off limits for the next 10,000 years or so. What >>> happens when our civilization falls and a new people discover this >>> buried radioactive junk. And it is hubris to think that our civilizatio= n >>> will last for ten or twenty thousand years, It might but I doubt it. >> XKCD is playing a cartoon strip movie (one frame each 4 hours) on this >> subject: >> >> >> It is the continuation of the 1190th issue (), >> now inactive but can be accessed here: >> >> >> >> Isaac >> --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .