Bill Lear
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 06:01:39 -0700
On Monday, August 30, 2010 at 08:31:44 (-0400) Marv Gandall writes: >Yet another "magic bullet we have always been hoping for", this time from the >interesting but hyperbolic Telegraph economics columnist Ambrose E-P who >should always be taken with a large dose of salt. Maybe others on the list who >are more knowledgeable about energy issues can comment. > >* * * > >Obama could kill fossil fuels overnight with a nuclear dash for thorium >...
A friend of mine who is a physicist has long been arguing to me that we should use thorium reactors. One reason we did not use them, according to him, is that the dangers of current reactors make it much more difficult to steal the materials, providing a built-in safeguard. Bill _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list pen-l@lists.csuchico.edu https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l