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The more fossil fuels we use, the greater the percentage of unused radioactives in our crust; thus the climate warms!!
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Wikipedia gives the energy density of U235 as 79,500,000 MJ/kg, whereas coal comes in at a measly 24 MJ/kg. Coal contains a few hundred parts per million of uranium, and also thorium. Even allowing for the inefficiency of present day reactors where the U238 component isn't used, coal burning not only extracts from the crust more uranium per unit energy than nuclear power stations use, it also spreads it around a very much more.
There is an argument that it would be better than burning it to extract the uranium from coal to fuel reactors and then bury the coal back in the ground,
And the energy density of a unit eco-lune is...? Not that it matters much when there are so many available. A finite resource? Of course. One can never predict (oops, 'project') when the next bunch of incendiaries will turn up, only that the Creator seems to have guaranteed there always will be some for the rest of us to burn.
2.5x the amount of radioactive elements is nothing. There is a far greater variation in natural radiation on Earth now and the people living in the highest radiation areas are fine.
The rate of mutations might be a bit higher, but that could be a good thing - evolution will work more quickly. They may have already invented warp drive, visited here, probed us, and decided Earth is too damn chilly and has fewer scenic spots from which to watch erupting volcanoes do their thing.
Seem to remember this planet had lots going for it. Interesting variations of day, month, year length that led to an extra hour in bed every day etc. Good food although slightly repetitive and a great white knuckle ride that went to a great bar that had the best singer in the known universe.
Thanks Douglas,
The scientist who discovered the first planet in another solar system should get the Noble prize in physics, I think. What do you think? This is a great discovery. Throughout the history mankind has always wondered if there are other planets, and now we know.
The next question that needs to be solved is "are there life on other planets?"