Why Don't We Shoot Nuclear Waste Into Space?

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Here in the Kurzgesagt labs we test very important ideas to see what happens when you blow things up or play with black holes. Many of you suggested that we look into an idea that sounds reasonable: Shooting nuclear waste into space. It is one of those concepts that seems like an easy fix for one of the main problems with nuclear energy. But it turns out this idea is not just bad but horribly bad and it gets worse the longer you think about it.
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I don’t think of it as obscure research though. It’s extremely relevant given fossil fuels are a finite resource on the way out.

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@@benjaminhaley5189 Really prove that? Don't use a woke media source either

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All for free.

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The "not great, not terrible" quote is what makes this channel special.

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“Do you taste metal”

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@@alexburke5376 You're delusional, go to the infirmary.

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You're in shock, you need to go to the infirmary, we just need fresh water to the core

[@karol30660]

Some hundred years ago people thought it's a good idea to throw waste into oceans since they're so huge and surely that won't be a problem. Got a similar vibe from this idea

[@mysteryuser7062]

You know what’s way easier than using rockets for dumping? Digging a hole in uninhabitable land (200 meters or so) and burying the waste there

[@shooterface1232]

I think he knows because he just watched the video that tells why nuclear waste shouldn’t be blasted into space and also included that burying them underground would be ideal.

[@bossdunkz]

Oceans are an ecosystem. The void of space is not. The sun is not.

[@bossdunkz]

@@mysteryuser7062 ah yes, bury it and forget. That's definitely a way to avoid finding a real solution. To the OPs point, I'm fairly sure the blowback potential on burying hundreds of thousands of radioactive material on our own Planet is way worse.

[@mysteryuser7062]

@@bossdunkz Scientifically speaking, it is the best solution. The capsules take thousands of years to decay along with the radioactive waste, meaning by the time the capsule is gone, the radioactive waste will no longer be radioactive. Basically just inert metal deposits in the middle of nowhere. Additionally, being buried means that none of its radiation will ever reach the surface or anything. Most radiation cannot penetrate solid materials (solar radiation travels through vacuum for this reason), but gamma rays can because they’re so small and require about one meter of concrete to stop their penetration. Being 200 meters to 1KM deep in the Earth itself means it’s extremely well insulated. As the contents are radioactive, we cannot risk it getting close to any ground water supplies or mineable materials. Geologists can determine what land has no such obstacles, provided it is also uninhabitable for nuclear burial and the location is documented so that no unsuspecting Geologists accidentally digs one up.

[@ExileOfSand]

I'm so happy how well they broke down the whole try to solve problems by launching it into space ideas, and showed just how crazy and difficult it would be. Plus the tidbit of breaking down that shooting something at the sun is not as easy or possible as people think

[@MistaOppritunity]

The gist that I got wasn't that it would be unviable forever, just that we aren't technologically advanced enough to do anything similar. Perhaps in the future when we are capable of colonizing planetary bodies, we'll have the capability to bring nuclear waste with us to those bodies and bury them. An increase in the use of nuclear power would create more and more waste, and eventually we just wouldn't have the space to deal with it on earth after a while. Of course, by that logic, we could also have developed a better way of dealing with radioactive material by then, so who knows?

[@michaelbrooks6416]

​@MistaOppritunity I work at a radioactive clean up project, and minimizing waste isn't as hard as it is perceived. Big oil has just done a wonderful campaign of scaring the public of it. Believe it or not, it can be recycled as well at about the same rate as paper. The most risky part of nuclear energy, is it getting in the wrong hands.

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@@michaelbrooks6416 You know, that or human error. I'd personally give it to human error because even with all the fail safes in the world, catastrophic failure has happened before.

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I love that these videos are formatted the same way as scientific papers, but written in a way everybody could understand.

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Hearing the narrator go "BRRRRR" has made my vacation that much better. Thank you to everyone at In a Nutshell for your legendary contributions to educational entertainment.

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Where the KSP players at?

[@thespacepeacock]

I’m going to play that clip everytime someone asks me why i love rockets

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that was giga cringe i can't take them seriously when they do this

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@@yep-its-them it was for the funny

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Experts would call this a huge problem. Died laughing. Love these videos. Educational and funny

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When experts say this would cause a huge problem, they really mean: "dude just dont, because this will lead to catarofic results"

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Rockets go… brrrrrrrrrrr

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When people are saying that germans don‘t have humor, usually they don‘t know about black humor.

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@@andmos1001 Something on that same level of stupidity would be to blow up the moon. Something dumb and impossible that we’re never going to do ever

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Dude same. I cried laughing at that part 😂😂

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2:34 "According to scientists, space is big, and nobody lives there." It's the revelation of ground-breaking and monumental discoveries like this that keep me hooked to the videos of this channel. Great work by the amazing geniuses of the Kurzgesagt team, as always.

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I chuckled at that one

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"Rockets go brrrr" was another good one

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"so it seems perfect for *YEETING* away this mess", he said it,the man with the motonone voice said it, LET'S FRICKING GO!!!

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The people on the ISS: Wait, what about u-

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6:35 rockets go brrrrrrrrr. That’s why Im watching this channel

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4:50 "The experts would call this a huge problem" 😂 I just love this line 🤣

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As much as I agree with the assessment, I am intrigued to learn about the possibility of Lunar Godzilla.

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@@zxbc1 radioactive too

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I was waiting for someone to say this

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Kurzgesagt animation has always been AMAZING. But somehow it’s getting even better.

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I've watched for years. They aren't all like this, there is a noticeable and applaudable improvement video after video and this one for me felt like a huge cut above - the team deserves recognition for their improvement.

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[@jayjaythezeybork9853]

A Falcon Heavy costs $97M per launch. Its payload capacity is 140,660 pounds so that is $690 per pound. That is the cheapest of anyone I am aware of. However, Starship will be cheap once it is in service. They have quoted it as $200 per kilogram or $91 per pound. That implies a price of $30M per launch with a payload capacity of 150 metric tons (330,000 lbs).

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You're incredibly good at explaining this stuff. I clicked on the video thinking "that's an excellent idea" which in roughly 10 minutes turned into "That's the worst idea i've ever heard"

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its a very bad idea, i knew from the start because i realised if you shoot nuclear waste into space, you are gonna make space debris and make low earth orbit even more dangerous

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You mean the writers are good

[@oofted9038]

I doubt Steve (the guy speaking) does anything other than voiceovers, for kurzgesagt. There's a whole team of nerds behind these videos ;)

[@ItsKoryn]

@@oofted9038 Steve has done like ~2 scripts before, like for older videos. Philipp does *most* of the scripts. I'm also pretty sure there's another scripter named Lizzy? But pretty much Steve only does the voice overs now, he's not like an official parrot the team. Edit: Ok, I meant to say "part of" but parrot is funnier so I will leave it up.

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I already thought it would be a bad idea knowing that space travel is EXTREMELY expensive and accidents are not unavoidable even till this day,but I didn’t even think about the chance of it coming back. What I thought was a bad Idea turned out to be a terrible one.

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You might not believe it, but today I asked exactly the same question from my physics teacher in high school and he couldn't give me a convincing answer to it. So, I wrote the question on my palm to search about it later after school, and now, you The Great Kurzgesagt have given me all the information I need about the matter. Thanks a million!

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Send your teacher the video or tell him where to find it. Might make good lesson material :)

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"Experts would call this a huge problem" had me dying

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Kurzgesagt saying brrrrr is the best thing I’ve seen on this channel

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"Experts would call this: *a huge problem*" I love it

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Then Godzilla rises out of the ground

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What do you expect? It's for dumb audiences, who have low attention span can't understand the topic without cartoon birds on the video :)

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"Rackets go Brrrrrrrrrrr" really caught me of guard as well :D

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Just imagine how many kids and teenagers will be inspired by watching your videos, and decided to take the scientific path. Some of them may become the most successful scientists one day, just by clicking one of your videos today. Thank you Kurzgesagt and see you in the bright future you help created.

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Yeah... I'm 17 and can actually feel what you said! 😍

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Im 16 and really interested in space. Ive been taking some classes in highschool and i was scared that school would kill my interest in the subject but it hasent and ive actually been learning some new and exciting things that i didnt know.

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@@adityajaiswal6082 the US

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The animation style, speech and way of making the audience understand what the concept is / get a grasp of the concept is so perfect ! Love your vids Kurzgesagt

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True, the quality is really great

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quit meat riding everybody knows this lol. it’s why we are subscribed…

[@SeraphX2]

Except for the green goopy imagery that has been fed to people to make them fear Nuclear waste; a perspective scientists are trying to change, and now this channel is actively thwarting by being part of that same problem.

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*"understanding what the audience is"* Do you think we all watch TikTok? The *"BRRRRR"* part may sound funny to others, but it's cringe to me.

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@@SeraphX2 damn the radiation is made to look green, now it's too scary!!1

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5:31 I loved seeing "actually to scale". I enjoy how much effort and detail you guys put into your videos!

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@@crisis8v88 and also a “so not to scale !”

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The videos these people produce are just on a whole new scale lol.

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Great episode!

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5:32 The rocket literally burns money. 😂

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maybe you could do a video about the possibility/usefulness/logistics of Australia digging a canal through itself to help it become more habitable? This channel explains topics like these so well.

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That's more reallifelore territory

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We're fine living on the coasts rather than geo-engineering the whole outback, lol. It's not like we have a crippling city overpopulation/overcrowding crisis.

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Sounds like a good way to lower sea-leval

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@@clevergirl4457 actually I think terraforming the continent would provide us with the same ammount of workable land as USA. And we have the immigration to fill it, however.. I get the feeling that a continent of people from all.over the world is likely to fracture and no longer be a continent country.

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@@The360MlgNoscoper yea but reallife lore doesnt fact check near as well as these guys, not that reallife lore makes up stuff, its just on some topics they cherrypick which data they want to look at & make very strong claims based on just that. Im sure kurzgesagt has to do the same thing, but at least we know with them they are doing everything they can to stop that kind of data from going out- at least without saying its an opinion first.

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I do love how the announcer casually said Yeeting things into space with such professionalism lol

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Also rockets go brrrr

[@viciouswaffle]

@@vaanivijay6552 Rockets go Brrr sounded awful, it needs some play, it can't be said in a flat tone and sound good. He said it waay to mechanical :)

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Not the first time he has said Yeet

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These videos genuinely have the best animation I’ve ever seen in my entire life

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i always love it when you make videos on the topic of nuclear power, cuz i think these videos often do quite a lot to distigmatize their topics. they touch on all the essentials without overwhelming the viewer, and do so in a manner that's very entertaining and keeps people engaged. and the visuals only keep gettin better!

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I'm glad it's all about nuclear waste. Carbon is one thing, nuclear waste is so much worse..

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While I understand that the waste is somewhat manageable the timeframes involved and the plants themselves are just astronomically more dangerous compared the renewable plants especially if you factor in terrorism.

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@@jerryboics9550 Did you watch the entire video? Burning fossil fuels also releases radioactive waste, which actually gets released into the environment way more than with nuclear power plants.

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“According to scientists, space is very big” Same energy haha

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They've been doing that the whole time, I thought. Not that I check their sources but their videos have always mentioned that they have good sources to all their info.

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Nuclear waste is harmless and space doesn’t exist. Do some research...👍

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This video is amazing! The content is always so engaging.

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I swear Kurzegesagt is one of the greatest channels ever! Interesting, educational and fun while at the same time encouraging everyone to make the world a better place.

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also encouraging people to terraform other planets starting now same thing

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It's not as great as you think. I remember them talking about the possible ends of the universe, like the big crunch vs big freeze and big rip, and at the end, they actually said they CHOOSE to believe in an infinite series of big crunches and big bangs in an eternal cycle because they considered it to be the most "uplifting". That is antithetical to science, to believe something without evidence because it is the thing you most wish was true. In fact, we have a word for that, it's called religion.

[@noregerts8038]

You really hit us with a 'Not great, not terrible' huh. One of the writers probably waited eons for this day

[@nicholeli9612]

Went to the comments the second I heard that

[@fatwe1992]

3.6?

[@asdaneedsfunds]

Absolutely fantastic reference in the context of radiation

[@plazma0325]

​@@asdaneedsfunds what's the reference?

[@filipm3521]

@@plazma0325 from the HBO chernobyl series

[@Nit3Rid3R_Gaming]

I always thought shooting something at the sun would be the best way to deal with all the trash, but I didn't know how hard it actually was to aim at the sun! Amazing video as always!!

[@Jarelk]

The worst part is if you miss slightly, you might just slingshot it back towards us.

[@Hip-Gnosis1134]

@@Jarelk do I smell a giant trash ball inbound?

[@therealspeedwagon1451]

Honestly a better way to deal with most trash is to burn it. As long as it’s filtered properly it’s actually very safe since most of it is burning plastic. Plus it’s a great way of generating power.

[@hinatashoyo2999]

Sounds like bs tho Sun has strong gravity And its gonna pull it in Also do u know how fucking big the sun is ? Bs excuse

[@lilricebowl9731]

@@therealspeedwagon1451 well if you want to burn nuclear waste, don’t be my guest and go as far away from me as possible

[@ezsu]

You are the best❤

[@talisamoonhenriksen1890]

‘Yeeting things into space’ and we love Kurzgesagt for their advanced vocabulary. Thank you for a great video as always!

[@Julius_Siezure]

Rockets go brrrrrr

[@KafshakTashtak]

They should make a video about dynamics of language, and it starts with ancient English, slowly going to modern styles.

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

Steve should have to put a quarter in a jar every time he says "yeet."

[@nightmareblocks]

It took me a second to realize that it was indeed what this glorious man said.

[@Sophistorage]

The word yeet is just terrible. 🙄

[@nonso8647]

The little details that go into the video production are amazing. I don't know if every intro is specific to the episode but I noticed the monkey having a radioactive cup of tea at 0:52 and that's incredible!

[@fakeverified]

yeah every monke is specific

[@Dillonplays7677]

Hm ya good job

[@WynandLens]

Yeah! I keep looking at the chimp in the beginning to see what he’s holding in his hand. 😊

[@Ultimategamer77777]

The monke give you a hint of what the topic of the video is about if you did not read the title

[@JamTheTea]

Every single video has the monkey holding something from the topic of the video u can see it in all of the videos that uses this intro Yes they used to have another intro

[@ItzJupiter]

It's nice how we can watch great content like this on KZbin for free. I love this channel!

[@EugeneOneguine]

What do you mean, it's not premium.

[@patrick-west]

@@EugeneOneguine premium meaning "high quality" in this context.

[@Deanooooo]

Cost me $20 a month for premium

[@patrick-west]

@jhvmhgkgkgvkgvlhb true, but that has little baring of the quality of individual creators on YT. And I would be shocked if paying for premium reduced the amount of data YT harvests from a user. So that is basically the fundamental compromise we make when we use internet services these days.

[@challengeaccepted1883]

@jhvmhgkgkgvkgvlhb that's sort of true,but remember the fact there are many other shitty content out there people even invest more of their data on,which isn't still a good reason,yet, it's KZbin

[@SanviNarra]

I love the attention to detail with the ape at in the intro of their videos usually holding or doing something that relates to the video's topic

[@fugeinsrana8346]

The amount of time and care this team puts in to these videos is just astonishing, the quality can’t even be matched, I’m really grateful that I get to watch these videos here on KZbin for free

[@nodub2826]

the meatriding is crazy

[@braydonattoe2078]

@@nodub2826 honestly the production value and editing of these is better than any show on cable we grew up watching. And those you had to pay money for. The fact these guys can bring us this content on a free platform with the quality they have is a great thing

[@intheface1776]

@@nodub2826 u good bro! Did the owner of this channel bully u growing up or something?😂 why r ppl not allowed to give props it wasn’t even over the top

[@Zinkyuts310]

NPC ahh comment

[@Phatnaru0002]

I have no idea why Kurzgesagt is so opposed to nuclear (maybe they are invested in wind or solar), but this is one of the dumbest videos they've ever made, and yet they claim it took them 2000 hours. 1) We can already reuse most nuclear waste. This is commonly known, and many countries are already doing it. It's certainly something they would have known if they did 2000 hours of research. 2) I find it bizarre that they included the extra 97% of nuclear waste that's not dangerous and we can handle just fine in their calculations. Seems like you would only do that if you wanted to inflate the projected cost. :thinking: In reality, it would be at least 97% cheaper than what was projected here. 3) In fact, it would likely be much cheaper, since we'd be running off of nuclear energy, which is up to 3 to 10 times more efficient under ANY conditions, cause energy costs to plummet, more than making up for the costs several times over. 4) Nobody was suggesting launching waste into orbit. Seems like the only reason you would add that into the video is to belittle critics. Awfully arrogant. 5) Deep space orbits don't work that way. Launching into deep space would NOT cause it to bend back and come right back for Earth. The Sun does not have that kind of gravitational pull that far out. The only reason anything orbits out there is because of a lack of any opposing motion. The momentum from the rockets would take it right out of the outer orbit and into deep space, where we would never see it again. 6) If we launched it at the Sun, we wouldn't need it to go right in. Orbiting tightly around the Sun and getting gradually closer, is perfectly fine, and still wouldn't affect us in any way. There, Kurzgesagt. This comment didn't take me 2000 hours. It took me 2 minutes. I just saved you 1999 hours and 58 minutes of research on your followup video, where you admit you were totally wrong.

[@happyhere]

Kurzgesagt's uploads are of S grade quality, I appreciate the gratitude maybe you could do a video about the possibility/usefulness/logistics of Australia digging a canal through itself to help it become more habitable? This channel explains topics like these so well.

[@visible.to.anyone.on.YouTube]

No 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000+++++++++++++++++

[@Rawi888]

Dude. I’m all here for it. What about the same thing but for desert countries like Namibia as well ? I love crazy terraforming projects.

[@michaelvick2872]

@@Rawi888 most African nations near the Sahara are looking into this actually, alongside rerouting rivers to create lakes

[@adityajaiswal6082]

I made your like to 400..thank me! 😌

[@greenrust2194]

Fuck off, we're full. /s

[@LetsbeHonestOfficial]

I appreciate every second of those 2000 hours you've but into this. I usually watch your videos several times and I always recommend your channel to others. You deserve all the recognition you're getting. Cheers, Kurzgesagt

[@slimshika]

edtfgyhujikl;' ouiuyfdsdrgtfyuiopjhtrrsdftgyhujikolp[;l.,

[@repingers9777]

Corporate art style common L

[@SaltyAsTheSea]

@@repingers9777 ??

[@daviddow3705]

@Re:Pingers unbased

[@honey-po9ij]

@@repingers9777 kurzgesagt doesn't really look anything at all like corporate minimalism? the only main similarity is a lack of distinct lineart which is very common in many different styles of art and animation. you don't really seem to know what you're talking about

[@Bailee-le2uu]

your videos are like a mini-masterclass, love tuning in!

[@masonthompson8332]

Kudos to the Kurzgesagt crew - you all really crushed this one. The animation, music, and commentary were all on point. 'Rockets go Brrrrrr' had me laughing so hard I started crying.

[@JoelyRoley]

it wasnt that funny...

[@Zarglog]

@@JoelyRoley As a joke? No. But the fact that it was used in a highly professional video, by the narrator of Kurzgesagt, made it hilarious.

[@soda7998]

@@Zarglog exactly, as another example imagine watching a nature documentary narrated by Morgan Freeman and then he says in a very serious tone “poopoo peepee” , you would laugh your ass off.

[@Zarglog]

@@soda7998 Exactly. When it's being said from a sourxe you didn't expect, the line is viewed differently. I loved it.

[@maskettaman1488]

Reddit moment

[@cheeseburgerrunner5217]

The production and research value of each of these videos is incredible and I don’t know how to say thank you enough to the team at Kurzgesagt.

[@cloesanamations]

Yeah they always do great (way better then I will ever be)

[@neby_nebs]

even funnier when he says things like yeat

[@cloesanamations]

@@neby_nebs yeah it's like there trying to stay professional but someone wrote that on the script and they had to say it

[@krishnabharadwaj4715]

Please buy the calendar to support them.

[@dR3n5ky]

support them by purchasing calendar and other goodies from their website

[@CaptainMo137]

I remember watching some of the older videos they created back when they first came out & I'm still shocked at how much the quality has improved over the years. From information gathering to animation & writing, it's insane how much it's changed for the better. The fact it's all done as a passion project makes it even better & I hope they continue this for years to come.

[@tamnguyen-bl7jf]

ok

[@krtpo-vidz]

Really?

[@madman53507]

Entertaining and informative! Thank you.

[@diamonddotzip5678]

Can we appreciate how much work they put in to these videos just to fit in a meme or two every once in a while?

[@ApoJake13]

"Not great... Not terrible." 😂

[@doggy800]

YES

[@haunteddragon8810]

Rockets go BRRR

[@OriginSoma]

Rockets go BRRRR

[@diamonddotzip5678]

NGL I was *not* expecting to get this many likes Edit: It keeps going up

[@scaredcrow723]

I love how the music goes from gloriously silly to completely apocalyptic throughout the video.

[@tatarchan5212]

Well it's sound kinda like gold apocalypse music

[@ThatGuyRNA]

@@tatarchan5212 it is

[@onsokumaru4663]

"Just dump our junk into space" I love how mother nature (and Kurzgesagt) reminds us that every action has a reaction.

[@DJ-ew8fd]

Woah the animations for this are off the charts. And very informative. Great stuff.

[@S0K0N0MI]

I wish my entire middleschool was presented to me in this style. This channel is informative and fun and I actually enjoy the learning experience.

[@temp4954]

Man I love this channel. Citing sources and everything. You guys are a gold mine

[@ramsessevenone416]

I loved the HBO "Chernobyl" Reference "Not great, not terrible." at 1:22, Very clever

[@andreasberger4]

7:55 Gotta love that eggplant spontaniously evolving into a devil spider and running off. Kurzgesagt really knows what worries me.

[@engineeredlifeform]

I used to work for a University Space Physics Dept, and we had a bit of a panic sending old kit off to be recycled once. We had an item, a cryostat that couldn't get flight certification (I learned all this after the fact) so was earmarked for disposal. So we arranged to pick up a load of old equipment for recycling, and placed it all in a large skip. Then one of the guys from the hardware dept came up to us in a panic, the cryostat had a window made out of Beryllium, which is why it could no longer be flown, because Beryllium is rather toxic. He was therefore rather concerned about how it was recycled, as it needed careful handling and disposal. So we had to suit up and get in the skip to recover it. Luckily, we'd been careful and not just thrown stuff in there. Nuclear waste is of course even worse, being radioactive and toxic.

[@SovereignTroll]

The evidence is culture overrates Chernobyl and Fukishima. A design that was flawed at conception and the latter was just foolish to build. No reactor or required support equipment shall be under 150 meters MSL. The generators being where they were in 2011 was dismal choice. You must follow the seismic area as well in your engineering. Next generation reactorscdispose of most of these vulnerabilities.

[@castro.ri_]

Something similiar happened with thw colbalt-60 disaster in mexico, some random dude bought medical equipment with radioactive elements in it and then disposed it without the proper care The materials of the artifact were reporpused (mostly steel) but everything got contaminated with radioactive particles, thing turns that the radioactive parts of the medical artifact were crushed and a lot of tiny bits scattered all over the country

[@engineeredlifeform]

@@castro.ri_ ouch.

[@JoeOvercoat]

If that beryllium had made its way to a grinder then quite a bit of hazard would’ve been generated, pun intended.

[@colbr6733]

@@SovereignTroll Every industry experiences technical shortfall in dealing with safety and quality, including Nuclear. You can't foresee the effects of events not yet designed and planned for.

[@saukash]

The production of this video is absolutely phenomenal. Especially the background score. It matched the goofiness of certain moments and kept the tone of the video. Amazing work Kurzgesagt, keep it coming!

[@Cosmic_youtuberr]

I know rightt..They are masters of story telling and made it so dramatic and interesting with the background music

[@j.p.alcalde5072]

Epic Mountain is awesome. Their scores are always on point with the storytelling.

[@tthecooljose4674]

abey jaa na engg-mba ka ch*da

[@Quesbe]

@@photonicpizza1466 Yeah, it's a filler episode produced in a shorter amount of time with a smaller budget than the other videos.

[@KJ4EZJ]

No disrespect to the channel, but I did not like the score used here. Specifically the stuff from 3:50-4:00 which, skipping around, seems like they looped through much of the video. It did not fit and it took me out of the immersion.

[@taminomerk1824]

Could you do a video on imagine the project on dealing with spent nuclear fuel

[@victorsosa9243]

I love how these guys just come up with some of the most insane ideas and make you think about the billions of uses and the impossibility of these ideas

[@mikethespike056]

The idea has been around for decades.

[@majordelays4909]

You telling me you never thought of this yourself ?

[@majordelays4909]

Other topics, how much precious metals and suchlike can we bring to earth from space before it impacts our planet/orbit etc

[@jamesbizs]

@@Cosmic_youtuberr ok but thats not what the OP , so how does your response do anything for the conversation

[@NoamHaim]

A kid can easily think of this idea, they only make it more popular and accessible to find them and understand why they won't work

[@n1msu]

This is one of the few 'what if' channels that deserves its viewer count and revenue.Great videos as always. The phone app is absolutely fantastic, and accessible to all ages! I bought my sister a copy as a gift to use when her baby is a bit older, I only found it by accident on the app store!

[@joeyanunti]

I was given a Google play credit for some reason and spent it on the app. It's awesome

[@n1msu]

@@joeyanunti isn't it just! I sound like I'm some paid advertiser shill, but it's got the universe in an app/nutshell. Can't praise it enough!

[@nobody_expects_me]

"According to scientists, space is huge" Love this one

[@themiskoutras565]

sending waist or and radioactive waste at the sun will burn with the rocket ship way before it gets to the sun by the sun heat the question is can radioactive waits burn from the sun if they do is it safe?

[@DNOVO]

The animation is superb! Watching accurate portrayals of classical physics in motion - including escape velocity, centripetal acceleration, etc being animated always dazzles me and I am sure amazes others as well.

[@trak9252]

I love how professional these videos are. They have the bibliography linked to credit the sources of information. It is exceptionally detailed. You can just tell that these people spend so much time doing these videos. From the first website. To the last detail in the editing and animating process, to the legend who voices over this channel. You can tell that the people behind this KZbin channel work very hard. And care about what they are doing a lot. It is reflected in your work, your passion for knowledge. And to share that knowledge. I hope to be like these people one day. Thankyou for teaching me all these years. For helping me understand the fundamentals of chemistry, physics. Just science. You are the reason i am going to pass my classes this year. The motivation. Regards, Wil

[@ChargersCity]

🙏🙏Blessings forever GOD loves y'all too forever tell everyone you know and don't know. Jesus loves y'all too forever. Teach everyone how to see and enjoy their blessings too forevero

[@AndreiDante]

I've ordered 2 posters from you guys, and I can't stress this enough. They are masterpieces!!! I can't thank you enough for your online presence. I've learned and understood so many things about this world just by watching, listening, and reading everything that you produce!

[@AstralArbourSystem]

I got my dad one of their posters for christmas last year, and he got me the earth hoodie lol.

[@andreirachko]

I got two posters for me, and then two more for my friend, and I agree - they’re true works of art ❤ Also, hello there, another *Andrei* :D

[@rikaff-drika]

My black hole poster just arrived and it’s beautiful, I definitely recommend it

[@acemaxximus7175]

Finally, a Kurzgesagt video without any hint of an existential crisis. I love it!

[@squadleader3018]

every time they talk about the unpredictability of orbits and show huge collisions into the earth its an existential crisis lmaooo

[@WatanabeNoTsuna.]

Except for the very real crisis that is the nuclear waste that we can't launch into the sun...

[@intention4726]

@@WatanabeNoTsuna. and the fact that waste from fossil fuels is even worse than that...

[@shreyanshsingh379]

How about the part where we suck at risk assessment?

[@basslinedan2]

Did we watch the same video? 😅

[@emperium108]

I admit, this was always something I was curious about, I did think it was likely due cost but never realized all the other potential risks involved. This was a really nice video.

[@lonestarr1490]

You didn't realize the potential risk of a rocket exploding at launch?!

[@heartless604]

@@lonestarr1490 it’s not rude not to know, it’s rude not to ask!

[@musclee-mac8768]

@@lonestarr1490 There are no dumb questions, just dumb people who don't ask questions!

[@FinicalFox]

They forgot to mention that spent nuclear fuel has never harmed anyone while fossil fuels mill millions of people every year. They could have mentioned that recycling is already underway, France gets 16% of their energy from recycled fuel. They could have mentioned fast breeder reactors which used spent fuel. It was still a bit anti nuclear in my opinion. 😔

[@lonestarr1490]

@@heartless604 @Muscle E-Mac I understand what you're going for and I sympathize with that, really. I didn't mean to ridicule the OP. I was just flabberghasted that this issue didn't occur to everyone immediately, since, I assume, we've all seen videos of exploding rockets before.

[@AlphaBoombastic]

I wonder if the 'Rockets go BRRRRRRRRR' was a single take, or it took a couple takes to record that piece with total confidence.

[@ImJonasCortez]

Yes! Let’s augment the already established risk of the numerous asteroids in space by making radioactive explosive versions of it! Great idea!

[@yeetusmagneetus]

Can't believe I've been watching for seven years now. Thank you guys for what you do! I used to be a patron, but when times get better I will be again!

[@Mr_Astro-Vera]

And now i know why I’m lonely 😂

[@alisonparker440]

Kurzgesagt's uploads are S tier quality, I appreciate the dedication.

[@adaai3288]

I’d be interested in seeing a video about the mathematics involved in calculating a trajectory to hit the sun.

[@iamnormal8648]

That's top secret. There's unlimited supply of gold on the Sun.

[@mysteryuser7062]

@@iamnormal8648 No, it’s just Hydrogen that will become Helium in the Sun

[@knickohr01]

@@mysteryuser7062 Let's spread the myth that there is oil on the sun, then the US will invade it and while they're at it they can just take the nuclear waste along with them.

[@shooterface1232]

The Redditor has discovered a discrepancy in your foolish statement and will make sure to correct it in its entirety

[@Someone-sq8im]

@@mysteryuser7062 🤓🤓🤓

[@allusersaretakenm]

4:25 I love how the bird's expression changes

[@ArjunSingh-vs8tb]

Being able to freely watch quality content like this is a blessing

[@deutschmitpurple2918]

And also it is so interesting 😊😊

[@satakrionkryptomortis]

that what you get when your citizens are used to real free media that aint biased

[@RS-ls7mm]

Sadly the vast majority of people are watching cat videos or id!ots on tic tok.

[@doppelplusungutmensch1141]

Well, the whole population of Germany is literally forced to pay for the Kurzgesagt channel to exist, as Kurzgesagt is part of public-sector broadcasting and paying for it is mandatory in Germany even if you don't watch anything.

[@RS-ls7mm]

@@doppelplusungutmensch1141 So, is that a complaint or just bragging?

[@romangonzalezadrianmaurici6302]

6:55 I lost it in this part! You guys are the best scientific divulgation channel on KZbin!

[@kerrynicholls6683]

Rocket 🚀 go Brrr. I kept rewinding it, just to here that part over and over again. Lol 😂

[@Yunooki]

BRRRR

[@ryukisgod2143]

Frr Loved the way he said brrr

[@BbankK_48TH]

BRRRR

[@Randomcatontheinternet]

A 10 warthog

[@joandersonoliveira6802]

i hope someday to be able to support your hard work. living in brazil makes this effort even harder, but i always talk about your content to other people, hoping they can actually help you. Thank you so much for making amazing content like this for free. Man, who could imagine that its very dificult to "throw" things into the sun?! 🤯

[@Antiwindowscatalog]

Players of Kerbal Space Program know the challenge of yeeting things into the sun.

[@brunojeannetti4606]

Voa mlk 😎

[@ShaferHart]

He has more millions than you will ever see in your life thanks to you and others like you watching. Don't worry about him (or them really since it's a team).

[@yelenabaykova7419]

@@ShaferHart KZbinrs don’t make millions. As someone close friends with a“celebrity”, they aren’t making millions even though millions see them

[@yelenabaykova7419]

I think the greatest payment or gift you could give, is sharing the information ❤ that was the original goal and You are helping achieve it ❤❤❤

[@placeholdername0000]

The exception might be a few long lived isotopes like Tc-99 and I-129. Their radioactivity is sufficiently low, that a single failure wouldn't spell disaster. In fact, the hazard they pose is roughly equal to the uranium ore that was used to make them, only in a slightly more concentrated form. If we could achieve 99% succesful launches (as has been achieved by Falcon 9 and Atlas 5), you could accept a few "oopsies" happening, as the total amount of radioactivity in the environment would still be reduced. It would also have the benefit of eliminating the hypothetical "what if it leaks in a bajillion years" argument, assuming you've reprocessed and recycled the transuranics.

[@mortrexo]

4:50 "Experts would call this, a huge problem." I love them so much, hahaha. Great video.

[@Sachiihero]

I just love how well spoken he is with his accent and everything And then he says "yeet," "stuff ain't cheap," and "rockets go brrrrrrr." 😂

[@abandonedaccount123]

and "birbs"

[@Dusty_Lime]

@@abandonedaccount123 and "Experts would call this.. a huge problem"

[@jakistam1000]

@@Dusty_Lime and "According to scientists, space is big"

[@MusicalRaichu]

according to wikipedia, the narrator's name is Steve Taylor. may i ask, what's unusual about his accent?

[@hazzmati]

@@MusicalRaichu probably an american so he's not used to someone speaking proper english

[@awaterbottlecap]

hearing this refined gentleman say "yeet" made my day.

[@TBV-M]

nice pfp, havent thought about that emotional train wreck of a game in years

[@parzingtheasian]

​@@TBV-Mwhat game

[@TBV-M]

@@parzingtheasian they've changed their pfp, but if i remember correctly it was the logo for "Presentable Liberty"(?)

[@nicooftheforest]

the person naming these sections was having a field day 💀

[@Vespuchian]

I still love the beautiful simplicity of the 'oil well' solution outlined in a Kyle Hill video: using existing oil drilling techniques you can bore a small-diameter hole the better part of a mile below ground and just put long-term waste there. As each borehole reaches its determined capacity, you can bore in another direction without even needing to move the drilling rig. Properly sited, this is a remarkably cost effective storage solution that's incredibly resilient because of the sheer depth the storage is at.

[@zibbitybibbitybop]

Once I saw that video, it became the only response I have any time the topic comes up. It's a remarkably simple yet truly reliable, low-risk, and repeatable solution that can be done right on site, using mature, proven drilling tech. Perfect.

[@bazoo513]

There is a company, "Deep Isolation", promoting the idea, founded by accomplished physicist from Berkeley Richard A. Muller.

[@irgendwieanders2121]

1 Mile? Not deep... And even cratons break. Relevant at that timelines. Better burn the waste.

[@kelvinnnnnnnn]

@@irgendwieanders2121 ??????????????????????????????????????????

[@tjs200]

@@irgendwieanders2121 geological processes happen on much longer timeframes than the decay of radioactive waste, you're comparing tens to hundreds of millions of years to ten thousand, over the lifetime of the waste's decay, almost nothing will change in the rock layer.

[@ccqwert1]

I remember suggesting this idea to an old science teacher back in about 2002 when I was about 15. It's great to see that ye've done an extensive and in depth look as to why it's a bad idea, thank you! :D

[@SystemBD]

I did the same in 1997... And I was simply ignored because my teacher didn't want to recognize she didn't know (nor she had any intention to research it). Fortunately, now we have great educational channels like this one to get the not-necessarily-useful knowledge we want

[@ccqwert1]

@@SystemBD Thank Dog for great, free, easy to access educational videos like this!

[@DemPilafian]

@@ccqwert1 _On the Internet, nobody knows you're a god._

[@greedier-7661]

Well the thing is that his main counter point against it is that we would need bigger rockets. But we don t want to send people or delicate technology into space but junk/barrels. So we don t need rockets to achieve that. We could use railgun like technology, or space catapults. We could even create sort of space canon to shoot containers with radioactive material. As for dealing with it, shooting it into the sun is possible you just need to calculate the trajectory, or you could simply aim at other planets, or outside solar system. You don t have to worry about it getting bigger as the only thing we would need to change to aim farther, would be stronger means of shooting them out and precise trajectory predictions.

[@Freekymoho]

@@greedier-7661 he actually does address this point indirectly; without rockets we have no way of guiding their trajectory long term, which will leave the waste subject to gravitational forces, which like they mentioned tend to return to sender

[@MarynaraSauc3_]

An episode about thorium reactors would, I think, be a very informative and desired video while sitting inside the style/realm of this channel. But either way, we love this channel and all its content

[@WhateverMan35]

That was on my mind watching this video.

[@Solnoric]

Do you really want a video that's going to spend a lot of time covering all the downsides?

[@MarynaraSauc3_]

@@Solnoric we just watched one

[@dexxus8078]

@@Solnoric Yes. The entire point of science is to see things as they are. Any examination of Thorium reactors should be a fair one. There's no point lying to people about how these things function - that's how you get things like the war on drugs, and the various fraudelent "alternative medicine" fads.

[@karavind7814]

I agree this would be cool

[@Suburp212]

Great review.

[@lightraptor1]

I’ve been watching kurzgesagt since the evolution video in primary school when I was a brainlet, I’ve watched every consecutive video and have absolutely loved watching or talking about kurzgesagt, I even use the thank you card as a bookmark! They’ve been my all time truly favourite KZbin channel. I’m now 15, I love physics and are working towards an astrophysics job in the future!

[@Lordblow1]

Sometimes I am confronted by the fact that you guys are rly good at jokes. Just the way this video was written and delivered had me in stitches

[@MisterNohbdy]

the frickin' kaiju spawning was so good

[@Phriedah]

@@MisterNohbdy Kaiju moon? Not great, not terrible.

[@JustKrin]

The use of yeet, Moon Godzilla and "rockets go brrrr" took me out

[@brohanime]

only a child would find this script funny, but then again maybe you're eleven, in which case fair enough

[@thehamtart9067]

I was sorta hoping you'd go further in depth with the bore-hole method of disposing of high level waste, but I'm still glad it was mentioned.

[@mysteryuser7062]

Yeah, why even calculate the rocket physics of blasting it into outer space when you’re not going to even bother explaining how simple it is to bury it in uninhabitable land anyways?

[@KavsLockedOut]

@@mysteryuser7062 because this video was about shooting nuclear waste into space, not the best ways to deal with it

[@mysteryuser7062]

@@KavsLockedOut Except it is, because the assumption here is that shooting it into space is a means of disposal. Why not talk about how it is correctly disposed of? Many newer reactors can even just recycle waste into more energy

[@thetherrannative]

@@mysteryuser7062 That would probably require a whole new video on how it would be done and why it's safe. A lot of people would look at "put it underground" and become seriously worried about contaminating groundwater and the like. Kurzgesagt has always been very careful to explain the risks and lack of risks of things. A passing comment about the solution just isn't their style.

[@mysteryuser7062]

@@thetherrannative There is no concern for ground water when it’s buried in uninhabitable land (is there ground water for it to contaminate? No) and in a capsule that will take literally thousands of years before leakage is even possible (rarer than lightning strike). This is all surface level information on how nuclear waste is disposed of. If the video’s topic is disposal, why focus so much on rockets and never actually get into how it’s done?

[@ivkremer]

1:23 "Not great, not terrible". Nice reference!

[@MuhammadRifqi-qb7vi]

Dyatlov😂

[@steeevealbright]

5:50 your animation is getting insanely good. That rocket is burning dollar bills as fuel.

[@UR_gamer_boy]

Yea

[@TheEliteClutch]

One of few channels that has not changed since the beginning. Every Kurzgesagt video is a quality production that is very entertaining and informative. Quite possibly my favorite channel on Yotube. Every school in the world should adopt these videos in their educational system. Would actually get kids excited to learn.

[@AbsoluteCinema-fr]

Agree

[@mattdpainter531]

These videos are great. I’m torn between wanting more frequent videos and wanting the production quality to stay the same or better. Awesome work, great content!

[@homeraj838]

Would definitely choose the latter

[@OtterPup_]

Quality over quantity any day

[@josephcamiloruizhoyos1599]

This is probably one of the top more valuable channels in the KZbin history.

[@avalanche-c3]

I love the "actally to scale" in the top right corner 5:32