alt Hacker NewsThe real solution though is nuclear powered shipping. There's dozens of nuclear powered ships already and they've been running safely for decades. It's just regulatory roadblocks, but if governments wanted to do it they could.
The real solution though is nuclear powered shipping. There's dozens of nuclear powered ships already and they've been running safely for decades. It's just regulatory roadblocks, but if governments wanted to do it they could.
Military ships are "safe", because they can generally defend themselves. Commercial container ships would be the target of hijacking, to steal the reactor / fuel, or use them as 9/11 ship equivalents.
Regulation is not always bad.