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Originally posted by mad_gater View Posttell me about it...so far all I've seen is "if it costs the citizenry less, reject it" from the government....
Originally posted by mad_gater View Postnot much I can do to other than to write blogs about it....
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Originally posted by mad_gater View Postwhich is why one of my blogs dealt with using algae as a natural source of oil.......one use could be to make plastics out of that instead of out of petroleum...using a natural source like algae to make plastics could be less risky healthwise too....if only we were doing this while my dad was working in plastics.....then he might not have been exposed to benzene and gotten cancer that he died from later down the road....
Anyways, I believe that coal and oil as a power source is a 20th-century solution, and thus, since we are in the 21st century, is outdated as a solution to generate our electrical power. I've brought up the topic of using thorium as a power source on other forums, it has the potential to be a much more efficient, cleaner, safer, and more abundant source of energy when compared to coal, oil, and even our current nuclear power technology (i.e. uranium/plutonium power stations). On the plus side for thorium, it's physical properties prevent it from being used as a fuel source for a nuclear weapon because thorium cannot go into fission, unlike uranium and plutonium..., which means we could potentially alleviate the whole Iran "nuclear power" situation by giving them plans/etc to build thorium-reactors, which again, are useless for nuclear weapon production.sigpic
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Originally posted by Rickington View PostI'm sorry to hear that. I've lost family members to cancer from potentially unknown sources . My cousin, Rachael, was taken away from my family at the young age of 34 .
Anyways, I believe that coal and oil as a power source is a 20th-century solution, and thus, since we are in the 21st century, is outdated as a solution to generate our electrical power. I've brought up the topic of using thorium as a power source on other forums, it has the potential to be a much more efficient, cleaner, safer, and more abundant source of energy when compared to coal, oil, and even our current nuclear power technology (i.e. uranium/plutonium power stations). On the plus side for thorium, it's physical properties prevent it from being used as a fuel source for a nuclear weapon because thorium cannot go into fission, unlike uranium and plutonium..., which means we could potentially alleviate the whole Iran "nuclear power" situation by giving them plans/etc to build thorium-reactors, which again, are useless for nuclear weapon production.
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Originally posted by Rickington View PostI'm sorry to hear that. I've lost family members to cancer from potentially unknown sources . My cousin, Rachael, was taken away from my family at the young age of 34 .
Anyways, I believe that coal and oil as a power source is a 20th-century solution, and thus, since we are in the 21st century, is outdated as a solution to generate our electrical power. I've brought up the topic of using thorium as a power source on other forums, it has the potential to be a much more efficient, cleaner, safer, and more abundant source of energy when compared to coal, oil, and even our current nuclear power technology (i.e. uranium/plutonium power stations). On the plus side for thorium, it's physical properties prevent it from being used as a fuel source for a nuclear weapon because thorium cannot go into fission, unlike uranium and plutonium..., which means we could potentially alleviate the whole Iran "nuclear power" situation by giving them plans/etc to build thorium-reactors, which again, are useless for nuclear weapon production.
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Originally posted by Rickington View PostI say if we do eventually build thorium reactors in this country, we should give or trade away a few of them to Iran for their older "nuclear power research" materials.
One they do actually want the bomb for their stated objectives.
Two. Even though the weapons cannot go nuclear you can use any sufficient advanced power generating technology and adapt it to become a weapon. I do not see how this is an exception. It may not go nuclear but the kind of power generation that you are talking about and that you want is going to make a heck of a bang if used for that.
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Originally posted by Rickington View PostI say if we do eventually build thorium reactors in this country, we should give or trade away a few of them to Iran for their older "nuclear power research" materials.
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Originally posted by Col.Foley View PostTwo. Even though the weapons cannot go nuclear you can use any sufficient advanced power generating technology and adapt it to become a weapon. I do not see how this is an exception. It may not go nuclear but the kind of power generation that you are talking about and that you want is going to make a heck of a bang if used for that.sigpic
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Originally posted by Rickington View PostWrong... as I have said in the past, thorium-based reactors are also 100% meltdown-proof...
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Originally posted by Rickington View PostWrong... as I have said in the past, thorium-based reactors are also 100% meltdown-proof...
I think what Foley is getting at is that we are very clever as a species.....just because one hasn't been successfully adapted as a weapon yet doesn't mean it couldn't be adapted for a weapon at some point in the future
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Originally posted by mad_gater View Postso you say....
I think what Foley is getting at is that we are very clever as a species.....just because one hasn't been successfully adapted as a weapon yet doesn't mean it couldn't be adapted for a weapon at some point in the futuresigpic
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Originally posted by Rickington View PostThe same can be said for almost any power source... including non-nuclear ones.
Originally posted by mad_gater View Postso you say....
I think what Foley is getting at is that we are very clever as a species.....just because one hasn't been successfully adapted as a weapon yet doesn't mean it couldn't be adapted for a weapon at some point in the future
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