Ah, Thorium! An encyclopedia will tell you that there is more energy in the world's thorium deposits that all the oil, gas and coal combined.
Trouble is: how do I power my car with it? -----Original Message----- From: Harry Veeder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 3:22 AM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: "Energy Amplifier" subcritical reactor The author of the article cited below mislead me. After checking his sources, it seems India is not building a reactor based on the concept energy amplification. They are building a prototype commercial fast breeder reactor and the only thing it has in common with Carlo Rubbia's proposal is that they both use thorium. Harry > > Carlo Rubbia originated the idea of the energy amplifier. > http://www.scifi.com/sfw/issue411/labnotes.html > The paragraph below came from the link above. > > Harry > > > "At the Bhaba Atomic Research Center near Kalpakkam, nuclear eggheads > like Anil Kakodkar have been noodling with thorium since 1995, and are > currently building a pilot plant to work the bugs out of Carlo > Rubbia's design. If all goes well, the reactor should begin producing > continuous power by the end of the decade, and should pave the way for > nine commercial workhorses due to come online between 2010 and 2020. > If the scheme works<and there's no scientific reason why it > shouldn't<it could well pave the way for a global migration to fission > technology safe enough for urban areas and Third World dictatorships. > So, far from ignoring the problem or playing the politics of > half-measures, India is positioning itself for the realities of Kyoto > and the decline of fossil fuels, and plans to be a leader in 21st century energy technology. I say, more power to 'em!" > >
