Fukushima - The cover-up, the lies, the facts & the figures

[Skashion]

Although from what I knew Thorium reactors worked upon the principle of fusion, I take it I was wrong?

Yes, Thorium would be difficult to fuse to say the least. Cheers for the video link though, I did still watch it and find it useful, just wasn't as advertised. :)

 

[uncle charlie wilson]

Although from what I knew Thorium reactors worked upon the principle of fusion, I take it I was wrong?

Yes, Thorium would be difficult to fuse to say the least. Cheers for the video link though, I did still watch it and find it useful, just wasn't as advertised. :)

Ah. No worries re the link. I'm determined to learn more about fusion, any material you could share?

 

[Skashion]

I'm determined to learn more about fusion, any material you could share?

Not really anything in particular to recommend, the theory is quite simple and is easy to understand, as are its advantages. The hard part is the practicalities of 'putting the sun in a box' and also starting and maintaining a reaction that will produce more energy than it consumes. We can confidently expect this barrier to be broken at some point in the next ten to twenty years. The Q ratio (as it's called, a simple ratio of input/output energy) has to be significantly higher to commercialise it.

 

[uncle charlie wilson]

I'm determined to learn more about fusion, any material you could share?

Not really anything in particular to recommend, the theory is quite simple and is easy to understand, as are its advantages. The hard part is the practicalities of 'putting the sun in a box' and also starting and maintaining a reaction that will produce more energy than it consumes. We can confidently expect this barrier to be broken at some point between in the next ten to twenty years. The Q ratio (as it's called, a simple ratio of input/output energy) has to be significantly higher to commercialise it.

Where do you stand on the energy crisis mate?

Our short to mid-term future, and the coalition government's policy to tackle it largely with more conventional nuclear power plants?

 

[Skashion]

Where do you stand on the energy crisis mate?

Our short to mid-term future, and the coalition government's policy to tackle it largely with more conventional nuclear power plants?

I think a combination of renewables and fission nuclear, with steadily decreasing contributions from fossil fuels, is the way forward in the very short-term for the United Kingdom.

My main thoughts with regards to energy is that we continue to fund and invest intellectual currency into research and development of fusion and more efficient forms of fission. That view however is not really based in energy politics or concern for climate change or other such relatively short-term practicalities which interest others. My interest extends much further, as I said before, I hold a very long-term view, and that is with the achievement of nuclear fusion, our civilisation can within a couple of centuries overcome the possibilities of self-extinction and become capable of colonising other planets/moons and later other star systems.

 

[ali benarbia's studs]

I think we all know what happens next.

that s what was in my dream.... except it was flipper with a lazer cannon on his head.... he was in with a bad crowd.

 

[uncle charlie wilson]

Where do you stand on the energy crisis mate?

Our short to mid-term future, and the coalition government's policy to tackle it largely with more conventional nuclear power plants?

I think a combination of renewables and fission nuclear, with steadily decreasing contributions from fossil fuels, is the way forward in the very short-term for the United Kingdom.

My main thoughts with regards to energy is that we continue to fund and invest intellectual currency into research and development of fusion and more efficient forms of fission. That view however is not really based in energy politics or concern for climate change or other such relatively short-term practicalities which interest others. My interest extends much further, as I said before, I hold a very long-term view, and that is with the achievement of nuclear fusion, our civilisation can within a couple of centuries overcome the possibilities of self-extinction and become capable of colonising other planets/moons and later other star systems.

I've made this point previously, to friends, but most make an assessment of the validity of each route (to address climate change) on the enormous assumption that it's reversible.

A hypothetical scenario for you; Why should we live with the constant, insurmountable threat of nuclear power, while leaving a morbid legacy for our future generations to bear in what could be prove to be the final years of the planet as we know it anyway?

You might suggest that we owe it to future generations to make the sacrifices, bite the nuclear power bullet, and give them a fighting chance.

But who's to say that our legacy of potential new nuclear power plants could reverse climate change? It could in fact prove a hindrance to future generations.

Over the course of the next century, we may see many more serious nuclear accidents. This could render large parts of the planet's landmass uninhabitable while leaving very costly repercussions for future generations to inherit.

Of course this is all hypothetical, but what is the debate on the future of our planet if not hypothetical and speculative?

We know the dangers that are present with conventional nuclear power and fission reactors, these remain certainties. I don't believe that we should entertain these dangers to address something which may not be reversible, could be effectively tackled by other methods, and could (I believe will) even prove not to be as cost effective as advertised.

Although I will concede that nuclear power could be used wisely and effectively in the form of a new generation of fusion or in the shorter term a Thorium stop-gap. But as we're all too aware there remains many obstacles which will prevent that, not least a will.

And in all honesty, I'm not prepared to entertain conventional nuclear power.

Likewise with our government's nuclear power proposals, they're flawed.

 

[Damocles]

I challenge your understanding of what an independent scientific source is.

 

[BoyBlue_1985]

Is this a new conspiracy theory????

 

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