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To: Post Toasties
Good piece as far as it went, but the really dense energy source is Nuclear. I think Mr. Sandorff is correct about hydrocarbons for mobile applications,(trains,boats,planes,etc.) but Nuclear is very well suited to power our electrical grid. I hope we do not lose sight of that.
6 posted on 09/30/2009 2:50:16 AM PDT by Old North State
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To: Old North State
Good piece as far as it went, but the really dense energy source is Nuclear.

Good point, in fissionable material we are talking about energy density orders of magnitude greater than fossil carbon. And to me the waste disposal issue is just fear mongering in light of reprocessing and many disposal options.

But the energy density claim for fossil carbon is a bit shallow. E-Density in terms of per volume or per weight sure, but throw in the time dimension and not so great - it took a long time to accumulate that energy. Hence the renewable alternatives are valid in the sense of our thermodynamic demand being in equilibrium or steady state with the supply.

Just technically saying. Personally I'm all for US carbon development for world independence reasons.

11 posted on 09/30/2009 5:37:40 AM PDT by jnsun
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