On Mon, Nov 26, 2001 at 10:07:52PM -0800, Jim Darrough wrote: >> >100,000 years is a long time. Most of the isotopes from fission are way >less than that. And since only 20% of the uranium fuel is actually used >during the life of a fuel rod, refining the fuel, which is not now >economically feasible due to the abundance of fuel presently available, >would mean less to store. And I favor delivering the long-term stuff to >the sun once we figure out how to do so cheaply (and safely). At >present, there is a new approved site called Yucca Mountain that will >provide storage for spent fuel for many decades. While we figure out how >to sustain fusion reactions. >
I've wondered before what the introduction of heavy elements would do to the sun's internal processes. Has anyone heard of any theoretical research on this? While i suppose the amounts would, at first, be trivial compared to the mass of the sun, i imagine there could be some sort of catalytic result...maybe Archimedes Plutonium could get a grant to investigate this. http://www.newphys.se/elektromagnum/physics/LudwigPlutonium/ >> > >Less demand for oil will result in lower prices. Lubricating oil and >diesel fuel for emergency generators (which I think ought to be >converted to Propane or Natural Gas) is all that will be needed. > Diesel is one area where biofuels are catching up with petrochemical ones; see the efn-hosted http://www.eugenebiosource.org -- "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759.
