In reply to OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson's message of Thu, 12 May 2011 09:04:28 -0500: Hi, [snip] >Such apparent ignorance seems to suggest, at least to me, that >something else is responsible for generating all the mysterious >exothermic heat. That certainly is the 64 trillion dollar question.
Based on world reserves of 2.2E8 tons of Ni and 5% of this useable at 30% conversion efficiency, 5 MeV / reaction, and electricity at 10 cents/kWh, it's actually nearer to 680 trillion dollars. ;) Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
