[Minus_The_Bear]

Obama wanted his "Sputnik moment"? China is about to use this neglected technology to provide cheaper electricity for their growing cities.

Cheap energy = higher standard of living.

Too bad the greenies talked everybody in the USA out of nuclear development.

Article in WIRED magazine.

Infographic that explains the benefits of Thorium.

[NorCoGOP]

Let's hope it's not the Balthorium G that could set of the Doomsday Device!

[Ouderkirk]

ping for later

[muawiyah]

Once you've exhausted the energy potentil of thorium what you have is a pile of RARE EARTHS.

Sounds like a deal eh!

[DBrow]

“even though thorium isn’t itself a fissile material.”

Editor did not fact check this!

If it’s not fissionable, then what fissions inside the reactor?

Or does he mean bomb-type fissionable? Th 233, odd Z, half-integral spin, low spontaneous fission rate, hmmm....

[CPT Clay]

Just like the old Laugh In shows...Very Interesting.

[steveab]

And what is our energy policy? No Drilling, No Coal, No Nuclear just windmills and sun power. Yep, that will keeps warm at night. Throw the EPA under the bus.