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2010-08-30 Science & Technology

Obama could kill fossil fuels overnight with a nuclear dash for thorium

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Posted by tipper 2010-08-30 14:31|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 India is hoping to start up a 300MW Thorium based reactor in 2011.

Fabricating the fuel is a problem and so is recyling because there are a lot of radiactively by products but we have better remote fabrication technology than 20 or even 5 years ago. So maybe.

Posted by lord garth 2010-08-30 14:45|| 2010-08-30 14:45|| Front Page Top

#2 marshal Americas vast scientific and strategic resources behind a new Manhattan Project

Someone needs to create a version of Godwin's Law for hack references to a "new Manhattan Project."

Also for a "grand bargain."

Posted by lex 2010-08-30 16:40|| 2010-08-30 16:40|| Front Page Top

#3 Other than than, it's a fascinating article. What's stopping us?

Posted by lex 2010-08-30 16:46|| 2010-08-30 16:46|| Front Page Top

#4 Can you imagine the collective head-explosion of the Environcommies? It'll be worth doing just for that.

Posted by CrazyFool 2010-08-30 17:21|| 2010-08-30 17:21|| Front Page Top

#5 Democrat equation: Dependancy = good

Posted by Uncle Phester 2010-08-30 18:57|| 2010-08-30 18:57|| Front Page Top

#6 "Whats stopping us?" > Nothing except Ourselves, + PCorrectness-Deniability aka NOT BEING HELD LEGALLY, MORALLY, ETC. RESPONSIBLE IN ANY WAY FOR ANY DEFECT OR FAILURE.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2010-08-30 20:02|| 2010-08-30 20:02|| Front Page Top

#7 Oil, Coal, Natural Gas - Bad, drowns polar bears
Nuclear - Bad, radioactive
Windmills - Bad, kills birds, not scenic
Solar - Bad, damages desert environment
Geothermal - Bad, water pollution
Hydro - Bad, floods canyons
Vacuum Energy - Bad, damages time/space continuum :-)

I know - let's put environmental wackos on treadmills!

Posted by DMFD 2010-08-30 22:34|| 2010-08-30 22:34|| Front Page Top

#8 You don't want to smell them sweat!

Posted by CrazyFool 2010-08-30 22:48|| 2010-08-30 22:48|| Front Page Top

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