> There's very little of it, shipping it to the Sahara isn't a big deal in energy usage terms
I wish it was that easy, but that's not a chance in the current political climate.
In Italy we're still debating about where to send the waste generated in the '80s. We turned off our last plant in the '87.
Every single town involved as a destination for waste storage is in revolt against the decision. Literally nobody wants that waste even dozens of kilometers away from their town.
And I totally understand, I don't trust any government (even worse, private contractor), in this economical system and political climate, to correctly maintain such waste storage for the next 300 years.
We can barely make consistent plans for the duration of a government.
I wish it was that easy, but that's not a chance in the current political climate.
In Italy we're still debating about where to send the waste generated in the '80s. We turned off our last plant in the '87.
Every single town involved as a destination for waste storage is in revolt against the decision. Literally nobody wants that waste even dozens of kilometers away from their town.
And I totally understand, I don't trust any government (even worse, private contractor), in this economical system and political climate, to correctly maintain such waste storage for the next 300 years.
We can barely make consistent plans for the duration of a government.