I'm gonna put one in my 240D! On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 9:37 PM, Rich Thomas < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm gonna put one in my flying car. > > --R > > > Peter Frederick wrote: > >> Pure, unadulterated horsefeathers. I've been hearing about this >> pseudo-scientific futurama crap for more than 40 years, and I don't expect >> anything to come of it for the next 40 (or 400 for that matter) years. >> >> The only technology that MIGHT be real here is thermocouple pile >> generators, and what are you gonna do with all that heat when there is no >> draw? Boil the thorium off? That's what's in satellite nuclear generators, >> at teast the ones that don't contain pure plutonium.... >> >> Peter >> >> On Nov 8, 2008, at 9:04 PM, harry watkins wrote: >> >> This was on Drudge tonight and the whole article can be gotten there. >>> $250 is one months power bill for me, HEY, sign me up. >>> >>> >>> >>> Nuclear power plants smaller than a garden shed and able to power 20,000 >>> homes will be on sale within five years, say scientists at Los Alamos, the >>> US government laboratory which developed the first atomic bomb. >>> >>> The miniature reactors will be factory-sealed, contain no weapons-grade >>> material, have no moving parts and will be nearly impossible to steal >>> because they will be encased in concrete and buried underground. >>> >>> The US government has licensed the technology to Hyperion, a New >>> Mexico-based company which said last week that it has taken its first firm >>> orders and plans to start mass production within five years. 'Our goal is to >>> generate electricity for 10 cents a watt anywhere in the world,' said John >>> Deal, chief executive of Hyperion. 'They will cost approximately $25m [£13m] >>> each. For a community with 10,000 households, that is a very affordable $250 >>> per home.' >>> >>> Deal claims to have more than 100 firm orders, largely from the oil and >>> electricity industries, but says the company is also targeting developing >>> countries and isolated communities. 'It's leapfrog technology,' he said. >>> >>> The company plans to set up three factories to produce 4,000 plants >>> between 2013 and 2023. 'We already have a pipeline for 100 reactors, and we >>> are taking our time to tool up to mass-produce this reactor.' >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ >>> For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ >> For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
