thorium reactors are basically a nuclear powerplant that does not require a boiler. it is fascinating. However there are ultra super critical boilers in the works that will run on coal that I think will cause the thorium people all sorts of fits.
BTTT
A fascinating video - once you start watching you will not be able to stop. This is the one we’ve been waiting for!
I’m sending this link to Herman Cain.
Let me explain why this is so important.
There is a huge demand for rare earth elements, yet China is the primary producer of them. One reason is because a radioactive element called thorium is typically found along with the rare earths, and thus is ‘free’. Yet over 50 years ago, US scientists designed a means of using this material in a safe, low-pressure, yet efficient reactor called a Molten Salt Reactor, or MSR. The video describes how this product of American exceptionalism is being used by the Chinese, while US officials fiddle around.
Well worth watching.
“...The jobs in manufacturing transfer from the United States and western Europe into the Chinese mainland...”
::::::::::::
Gee, maybe it has something to do with excessive confiscatory taxation and destructive regulation...just maybe?? The Obama agenda.
Far more promising than the mystical, magical, cold fusion water heater, which by the way, is about to change the world, make energy cheap, and possibly bring back the Stanley Steamer Auto.
Distribution of thorium on the lunar surface in ppm, as mapped by Gamma Ray Spectroscopy from Japan's lunar orbiter SELENE-1 (Kaguya).
I’m still thinking about this thorium business. I do not believe it is the perfect solution the thorium people claim.
HOWEVER...one thing is certain, we SHOULD NOT be using oil or natural gas to produce one kilowatt of electrical power. The thorium reactor appears to have rapid start up capabilities like a nat gas plant has. so it seems to me that alone makes thorium important to develop.
Thorium reactors also appear to me to be ideal for the navy.
Thank you for posting this.
BTW, I used the recent market swoon to pick up some Molycorp stock with an average price of 30. The stock has gotten a bit ahead of itself now, but is worth looking at sub-35, IMO...