Hey Chris, About a uranium shortage. Come scrape up a few yards of dirt near where I live and you'lll find lots and lots of uranium. We have a huge problem with the radon gas that the stuff generates... What have you been reading?
On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 3:56 PM, John Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 4:05 PM, Chris de Morsella > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Solar PV is here today >> > > Solar PV has been here for 60 years and THOUSANDS of times more money has > been spent developing it than has been spent on LFTR R&D, and yet solar PV > is still just a rounding error in our total energy budget. > > > I see the practical technological limits that constrain what can >> actually be accomplished. >> > > Apparently not. > > > >> Oh for heavens sake! There is no Uranium shortage and Thorium is 4 >>> times as abundant and easier to separate from it's ore than Uranium is, and >>> we can only get energy from .7% of the Uranium but we can use 100% of the >>> Thorium! So do you REALLY want to say we shouldn't consider Thorium because >>> we can't get enough of it?? >>> >> >> > Wrong again >> > > I want to know if I really understand you correctly, are you saying that a > major problem (or even a minor problem) with using Thorium for energy is > that there isn't enough of it? Is that really your position? > > >> > the world is facing a recoverable uranium peak that will be reached >> within a decade or two (at current extraction rates, if nuclear is ramped >> up peak uranium will be reached that much sooner). >> > > Uranium prices are the lowest they've been in 8 years. I found a chart > for the last 5 years: > > > > And so I would like to make a public bet with you and see if you're > willing to put your money where your mouth is. You say the shit will hit > the fan within a decade or two, so if before April 4 2024 there is > widespread reactor shutdowns because of Uranium shortages (and not due to > temper tantrums from environmentalists) then, assuming I'm still alive, I > will send you $1000; if there are not widespread reactor shutdowns because > of Uranium shortages before April 4 2024 then, assuming you're still alive, > you only needs to send me $100. So do we have a bet? Come on I'm giving you > 10 to 1 odds! > > >> You are the one making the claim that extracting 12 grams of Thorium >>> from one meter of dirt would take more energy than the Thorium could >>> produce, so it is up to you to show it's true; although nobody would be >>> dumb enough to bother with such dirt when there is ore that contains 50% >>> Thorium available. >>> >> >> > Whatever. >> > > Yes, whatever. > > > I do not inhabit the same magical thinking universe you seem to live >> in. >> > > How nice for you, therefore by accepting my bet you can make an easy > $1000. > > John K Clark > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/everything-list/-LyjqBLxxFY/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Kindest Regards, Stephen Paul King Senior Researcher Mobile: (864) 567-3099 [email protected] http://www.provensecure.us/ "This message (including any attachments) is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain information that is non-public, proprietary, privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law or may be constituted as attorney work product. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, notify sender immediately and delete this message immediately." -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
