Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: PapaNew
What Edison did was easy compared to controlled fusion power. We still cannot get a self-sustaining reaction for more than a few seconds before it dies out. Maybe my great-grandchildren will see it.

Make no mistake about it, it WILL NOT be the clean panacea all the ignorami envision. Fusion will produce a tremendous amount of neutrons that will have to be shielded, and guess what the shielding will be? Uranium 238. This shielding will be taken off periodically and processed for plutoniom to make new fuel for fission reactors.

139 posted on 02/10/2012 6:37:17 AM PST by nuke rocketeer (File CONGRESS.SYS corrupted: Re-boot Washington D.C (Y/N)?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 135 | View Replies ]


To: nuke rocketeer
We still cannot get a self-sustaining reaction for more than a few seconds before it dies out. Maybe my great-grandchildren will see it.

Well, that may very well be true which is why I said, IF we have to go nuclear.

We have better alternatives - the biggest energy problem facing us are the Leftists in government.

Meanwhile, going nuclear is a great idea unless they put one near where you live. Or near your loved ones. Or where your food sources are.

Or nuclear waste that sooner or later seeps into our water supply or sea life (containers that apparently are corroding on the ocean floor - glowing oceans - apocalyptic Biblical foretelling of people around the world dying of poisoned waters (many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter. Revelation 8:11.)).

151 posted on 02/10/2012 4:26:08 PM PST by PapaNew
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 139 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson