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CRH

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11. Yep, as stated optimism is not results, ...

Mon Feb 18, 2013, 12:14 PM

Feb 2013

Thorium was researched in the 50's and just now the first prototypes are appearing, the talk of the fusion savior seems to die each time without proof of a sustainable reaction that generates more energy than is inputed. Time of development and deployment is a deal breaker if breakthroughs are not soon realized.

I would also be concerned that if a new form of sustainable abundant clean energy were developed, it would promoted the status quo paradigms of constant economic and population growth. It might give slightly more time in the climate crisis, but do nothing to put humans on a sustainable path within a finite planet.

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Lockheed Martin bets big on...nuclear fusion? [View all] wtmusic Feb 2013 OP

Sounds great if they can make it work formercia Feb 2013 #1

I was thinking the same thing. wtmusic Feb 2013 #2

They're talking continuous operation at 100MW formercia Feb 2013 #3

K&R for the future of nuclear fusion think Feb 2013 #4

Well there is always this: Warren Stupidity Feb 2013 #5

I like the optimism, ... CRH Feb 2013 #6

Neither of those technologies is necessary bananas Feb 2013 #7

No there are other routes, but, ... CRH Feb 2013 #8

True, optimism doesn't count for much without dedication. wtmusic Feb 2013 #9

I Also Like The Optimism, BUT Vogon_Glory Feb 2013 #10

Yep, as stated optimism is not results, ... CRH Feb 2013 #11

A succcessful MSR prototype ran for four years at Oak Ridge in the 60s wtmusic Feb 2013 #12

I hadn't heard about MSR at Oak Ridge, ... CRH Feb 2013 #13

I believe you hit the nail on the head wtmusic Feb 2013 #14

It helps to put some historic pieces together, ... CRH Feb 2013 #15

NOPE!! PamW Feb 2013 #17

Nuclear weapons had NOTHING to do with it. PamW Feb 2013 #16

Do you know why thorium reactor technology, ... CRH Feb 2013 #18

If memory serves.. PamW Feb 2013 #19

Ten years and $30,000,000,000 will do the trick SkatmanRoth Feb 2014 #20