[beaver fever]

"Canadian shield is loaded with the stuff."

Thanks for the backhanded compliment.

I hope stainless steel kitchen counters stay in vogue because "nano nickel" could kill the nickel industry. As if "nano platinum" wasn't bad enough!!!

Base metal prices are just recovering from a fifteen year slump and every high tech news release is being ingeniously designed to ensure that no new mines will ever be opened at a time of historical supply shortages.

No wonder mining companies are tearing their hair out!!!!

You can't even open a base metal mine unless you can profitably pull 100,000 tons out of the ground a month and process it profitably and that's a small operation.

If it weren't for the Chinese the world's mining industry would shut down for another 20 years.

Take a look at your garage and your kitchen and ask yourself where all that metal comes from. Then ask whose buying it. The answer to that question will give you nightmares.

[Nathan Zachary]

Nano-nickle is made from pure nickle wire, so why would nano nicle kill the nickle industry by creating more demand for it?

Japan is leaping ahead in home based fuel cell and electrical development (thanks to the Canadian based Ballard co.) with a limited commercial launch of just such a product which can run with a natural gas hydrogen converter (or hydrogen supply).
Reducing the costs of these type of things with nano nickle and you just might see them popping up in Canadian homes, especially with Canada's abundant natural gas supply. Improvents via nano nickle could make hydrogen generation within the home efficient enough that these things could eventualy could require only a water supply,producing enough hydrogen via electrolysis to run the generator/heater.

As it is, using natural gas they aready produce enough electricity and hot water/ heat for a family of 4, saving 26% of natural gas a normal house goes through on heating alone. They have development potential with nano nickle, which will create a demand for pure nickle wire. (from what I have read, those things need to have their platinum catylist cores replaced periodicly which for now is expensive)