[wolf78]

Not believing in mass conpiracies, I have a problem understanding how, if this process is real, and it seems to be as reactors have been built, why we are not pursuing this technology PUBLICLY.

Honest answer: Lack of socialism. No, really. Uranium fission reactors were tied into the cold war nuclear build-up, so the taxpayer coughed up the development expenses. The reason why nuclear energy is comparatively cheap today is because of the externalization of these costs. Today without the Russian threat that wouldn't be doable.

And just like the frog that doesn't notice being cooked if you just raise the temperature slowly enough, private companies tend to be risk-averse on the grand scale as long as there is a proven solution.

Will thorium work? Most likely. Will it take another oil crisis to get it started. Most definitely.

[FatherofFive]

the frog that doesn't notice being cooked if you just raise the temperature slowly enough

An urban legend that just won't die.