• TheHarpyEagle@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Sure, I just want to feel confident that said regulations actually have teeth and the punishment can’t just be factored into the cost of doing business.

    So, yes, I’m scared. Maybe that’s not rational, but I don’t want to look back in 40 years and find out we were wrong about the longevity of nuclear waste storage, or that the many minor infractions over the years have slowly built up into a real problem. I don’t want to discover that we’ve been outsourcing the most dangerous work to developing countries with less employee and environmental protections than our own. If there’s a viable method that’s inherently safer, I’d feel a little better about it.