Comment by JumpCrisscross

Comment by JumpCrisscross 4 hours ago

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> Uranium can be stockpiled for years in advance, relatively easily

So can oil. Energy security is an important priority for a global power.

Stockpiles are good. Own supply chains are better.

Ericson2314 4 hours ago

Uranium is far, far energy denser than any fossil fuel, and thus much easier to stockpile.

  • JumpCrisscross 2 hours ago

    > Uranium is far, far energy denser than any fossil fuel, and thus much easier to stockpile

    Sure. That doesn't remove stockpiles' inherent disadvantages: finiteness and vulnerability. Relying on uranium stockpiles would immediately put China at a known limit in a war of attrition that wouldn't constrain their adversaries.