# Global Warming and the Necessity for Nuclear Power

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/global-warming-and-the-necessity-for-nuclear-power/773910>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [December 5, 2016, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/global-warming-and-the-necessity-for-nuclear-power/773910 "2016-12-05T06:17:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Inbred\_Mm\_domesticus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/aca169/32.png) [@Inbred\_Mm\_domesticus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inbred_Mm_domesticus)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2016, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/global-warming-and-the-necessity-for-nuclear-power/773910/35 "2016-12-05T17:44:20Z")

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> [@Evan\_Drake](#):
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> I’ve always thought the overblown claims of the exaggerated ‘dangers’ of nuclear waste could be simply solved by everyone in favour of nuclear power adopting a bucket of waste and keeping it in their home.

When I started to respond to this, I didn’t understand how many levels of dumb is contained in this comment. Now I have an estimate.

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