As of 2009, estimates were that we have between 200-400 years of nuclear fuel remaining at current consumption rates.
If we can efficiently extract uranium from saltwater, that value jumps to 60,000 years.
If instead we switch all reactors over to breeder types instead of the current light-water reactors, our 200-400 year estimate then becomes more like 30,000 years
If you read the article, it’s talking about not putting in a backdoor, and not Facebook saying “we have access to all encrypted messages, we’re just not giving them to you”. As it stands, they’re end-to-end encrypted so not even Facebook can’t see your messages, and that’s what Barr doesn’t like
Are we going to gloss over the fact that
a) this is 3 years old,
b) shown on a technical preview which are clearly known for having lots of telemetry, and
c) he somehow casually decrypted an RSA key in about 3 seconds?
If we can efficiently extract uranium from saltwater, that value jumps to 60,000 years.
If instead we switch all reactors over to breeder types instead of the current light-water reactors, our 200-400 year estimate then becomes more like 30,000 years