Posted on 11/14/2013 2:24:11 PM PST by neverdem
Thorium is possibly our best hope.
Break-even, cost-effective controlled fusion has been 25 years away for the last 60 years.
***You mean, “
Break-even, cost-effective controlled HOT fusion has been 25 years away for the last 60 years. “
Break-even, cost-effective controlled LENR fusion has been 2 years away for the last 6 years. And the contrast between the money poured down the hot fusion rathole is astonishing contrasted to cold fusion: hundreds of $billions vs tens of $millions. Cold Fusion is 14 ORDERS of MAGNITUDE more cost effective than Hot Fusion.
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Japan wants to build radioactive cars.
Does ObamaCare cover radiation illness and cancer caused from this?
Use thorium to power electrical generators for homes and industry. But leave the auto industry to the internal combustion engine. In one form or another ...
Turbine cars do not work too well. Chrysler had one for a while, They run along fine but the turbine does not like to slow down.
Turbines charging a battery pack energizing electric motors. Like a small diesel hybrid. Take advantage of the RPM sweet spot for efficiency.
Dilithium crystals exist. They are used in hot fusion research. No joke.
Life imitates art.
they only focus the energy, the energy isn’t inside them. they focus matter-antimatter beams and wear down in the process.
that’s my geek for today.
That makes sense that they wear down. Allows more plotlines.
Pa-kaw, PA-KAW!
and the higher the warp speed traveled, the faster they wear down and need to be replaced. this was a plotline in several episodes.
Got to have a vulnerability, like kryptonite for Superman and the color yellow for Green Lantern.
Would love to have a thorium unit buried under the house to provide all my heat, hot water and electricity.
Could live off-grid in comfort.
Public utility commissions PUC's (pukes) would never allow it.
“You’re my only hope, Thori-One-Kenobe”.
They wouldn’t be able to stop it.
I saw that same post on FR 200 years from now.
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