Casper Posted August 30, 2010 Report Share Posted August 30, 2010 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/7970619/Obama-could-kill-fossil-fuels-overnight-with-a-nuclear-dash-for-thorium.htmlThoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disclaimer Posted August 30, 2010 Report Share Posted August 30, 2010 The article needs more information. I'm skeptical of any "wonder fuel" if we've known about it for years and haven't used it. There's some reason or another why... and it's usually political or economical.The article left much to be desired on the "downsides" of Thorium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casper Posted August 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2010 The article needs more information. I'm skeptical of any "wonder fuel" if we've known about it for years and haven't used it. There's some reason or another why... and it's usually political or economical.The article left much to be desired on the "downsides" of Thorium.Find a president that hasn't had money invested in oil, and I think you'll find your answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarvismb Posted August 30, 2010 Report Share Posted August 30, 2010 The article left much to be desired on the "downsides" of Thorium.it's made from orphan puppy tears.jbot has already invested.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReconRat Posted August 30, 2010 Report Share Posted August 30, 2010 A bit expensive to get progress, but it could easily replace the electrical power grid we now use. Even better, we could sell or give them to other countries without worry of somebody building a nuclear weapon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max power Posted August 30, 2010 Report Share Posted August 30, 2010 Yeah, but we have to buy it from Oprah, so..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheech Posted August 30, 2010 Report Share Posted August 30, 2010 Yeah, but we have to buy it from Oprah, so.....fuck that cow, we'll invade the shit out of her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disclaimer Posted August 30, 2010 Report Share Posted August 30, 2010 it's made from orphan puppy tears.jbot has already invested....I'm sure with a little training, I could switch to puppies for Thorium harvesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReconRat Posted August 30, 2010 Report Share Posted August 30, 2010 A rumor that I remember from back in the 1980s, was that a thorium-fluoride reactor was built and operated overseas. The information about that vanished. They aren't very big, you could fit one in a big garage with a tall ceiling. Yes, that means the setup is simple and just about anyone could build one.I knew a fair amount about them back then, and was honestly trying to figure out how to downsize one and fit it in the back of a van. No can do... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbot Posted August 30, 2010 Report Share Posted August 30, 2010 my "puppy tears" alert went off, what's going on here?although, you can't get the puppies to cry if you curb stomp them too hard, too fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imprez55 Posted August 31, 2010 Report Share Posted August 31, 2010 Overnight? Most certainly not, with all the testing and building the day will still be far away, and what about the cars, you can't just throw Thorium in a tank and go. What worries me is this:"'They were really going after the weapons,' said Professor Egil Lillestol, a world authority on the thorium fuel-cycle at CERN. 'It is almost impossible make nuclear weapons out of thorium because it is too difficult to handle. It wouldn’t be worth trying.' It emits too many high gamma rays." Paragraph 9If it is so safe and clean, how could you have "network of pint-sized 600MW reactors that are lodged underground" (paragraph 14) in a safe manner? I would be interested in reading up on it, maybe seeing some papers on it. I doubt the energy made from using the depleted uranium in the reactors outweighs the risks of transport and portioning for the smaller reactors. They would much rather use the thorium it was designed for and not waste a reactor and less efficient fuel, that is what this is about, efficiency. That appears to me like the journalist embellishing facts rather than a scientist saying a possibility, that is why he included the unnecessary NASA quote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gixxie750 Posted August 31, 2010 Report Share Posted August 31, 2010 Bioweapon. BWfuels.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psyco1 Posted August 31, 2010 Report Share Posted August 31, 2010 The Indians have the biggest reserves of thorium in the world and have been working on a thorium cycle reactor for years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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