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This Radioactive Element Could Power the Planet
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| 08 Nov 2013
| Colin Daileda
Posted on 11/14/2013 2:24:11 PM PST by neverdem
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To: neverdem
Thorium is possibly our best hope.
To: The Antiyuppie
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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posted on
11/14/2013 3:22:30 PM PST
by
Kevmo
("A person's a person, no matter how small" ~Horton Hears a Who)
To: Kevmo
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posted on
11/14/2013 3:29:54 PM PST
by
count-your-change
(you don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough)
To: neverdem
Japan wants to build radioactive cars.
To: neverdem
Does ObamaCare cover radiation illness and cancer caused from this?
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posted on
11/14/2013 3:47:34 PM PST
by
bgill
(This reply was mined before it was posted.)
To: neverdem
Turbine engines: great for sustained power, piss poor for variable demand usage like automobiles.
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 ...
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posted on
11/14/2013 4:12:14 PM PST
by
IronJack
(=)
To: count-your-change
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posted on
11/14/2013 4:25:23 PM PST
by
Kevmo
("A person's a person, no matter how small" ~Horton Hears a Who)
To: neverdem
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.
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posted on
11/14/2013 4:33:25 PM PST
by
Venturer
(Keep Obama and you aint seen nothing yet.)
To: Venturer
Turbines charging a battery pack energizing electric motors. Like a small diesel hybrid. Take advantage of the RPM sweet spot for efficiency.
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posted on
11/14/2013 4:39:50 PM PST
by
jjotto
("Ya could look it up!")
To: MUDDOG
Dilithium crystals exist. They are used in hot fusion research. No joke.
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posted on
11/14/2013 4:53:25 PM PST
by
piytar
(The predator-class is furious that their prey are shooting back.)
To: piytar
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posted on
11/14/2013 4:55:37 PM PST
by
MUDDOG
To: MUDDOG
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.
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posted on
11/14/2013 5:53:42 PM PST
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: Secret Agent Man
That makes sense that they wear down. Allows more plotlines.
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posted on
11/14/2013 6:12:39 PM PST
by
MUDDOG
To: OhhTee5
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posted on
11/14/2013 6:15:24 PM PST
by
Straight Vermonter
(Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
To: MUDDOG
and the higher the warp speed traveled, the faster they wear down and need to be replaced. this was a plotline in several episodes.
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posted on
11/14/2013 6:23:36 PM PST
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: Secret Agent Man
Got to have a vulnerability, like kryptonite for Superman and the color yellow for Green Lantern.
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posted on
11/14/2013 6:26:33 PM PST
by
MUDDOG
To: IronJack
Amen!
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.
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posted on
11/14/2013 7:00:38 PM PST
by
Aevery_Freeman
(Low-information voter (Def.) Too stupid to know, too lazy to care.)
To: PATRIOT1876
“You’re my only hope, Thori-One-Kenobe”.
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posted on
11/14/2013 7:56:22 PM PST
by
count-your-change
(you don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough)
To: Aevery_Freeman
They wouldn’t be able to stop it.
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posted on
11/15/2013 5:31:15 AM PST
by
IronJack
(=)
To: Kevmo
I saw that same post on FR 200 years from now.
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posted on
11/15/2013 3:55:00 PM PST
by
1010RD
(First, Do No Harm)
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