Energy Technology > MY Synopsis !
Modular Reactors virtually NOW \(being “hog-tied” bu politicians>bureaucrats and obtuse regulations but current “Old” Nuclear > being phased out ? hopefully ! ; as still a massive source of waste > pollution > a problem ! as us “civilized” people simply DON’T want IT ! largely minised by >>>
Thorium-LFTR re-education of of Nuclear “brains: minor problems re corrosion a few billion and 5 to 20 years away one the "experts" concede" and the relatively "minuscule" funding is released away
the “smar(er)” technology <> the Way to Go vs the vested interests “consensus:
FUSION possibilities ? > fast evolving within 10+++ years academically perhaps years but has been / will be horribly expensive > but to be NEVER really practical cost-effective ? as the long term ULTIMATE significant proportion of many Countries GDP
DRAMATIC FAILURE ! of The Boffins !” NEVER REPORTED Or EXPOSED B4
> depends on the Electriity “Grid” distribution NOT sustainable ! generally even IF ever Perfected ! just for the GRID > NOT ENOUGH Mineable Copper in the World for THE Wiring ?
By DEFINITION > Huge centralised Plant “One per Continent” affordable to builds ? funded by multiply Countries Govts !
Better answer is modular Nulear to replace Coal Plants on existing Sites and infrastructue.
Renewables Never ! a “FALSE paradigm” exercise ! ruinous to World Economies . . . when will Govts wake up ! . . . Or even get overthrown eventually “literally” because of it to augment Nuclear maybe at select sites > Not Though Out > “vested” interests etc NOT Really viable cost of building l and misuse and cost of pollution disposal after 20 years
One Fusion Plant > whole of Euro / China / USA AUSTRALIA > NEVER !
but when the Coal, Oil, Gas eventually runs out in > 200-1000+ years
Global Warming / Climate Change the “HOAX” of the “millennia” > an “infinite Bubble” of the similar 16 to 18th Century “Tulip”, “South Seas” “Bubbles” ALL Now being surreptitiously implemented at the “speed of light” by the “unscrupulous” ! via the “curse” of the Internet and the “accrued "smart-arses" of the World
PROBLEM
Too capital intensive Ultra Dense centralized capacity Power GRID costs the limiting factor for broad coverage Potential for developing H2 Economy re transport of “energy” H2 is actually much safer than other “fossil fuels” petrol , diesel, gas far more efficient than battery storage ( exotic mineral depletion and wast recycling cost problems ! )
NOT > NEVER efficient enough for “Renewables” backup of Base Energy > PEAK DEMAND etc
Ultimate > probably “small” Modular LFTR particularly for City > large factory implementation . . . relatively low cost mass production of plants . . to replace conventional car plants
- low Thorium mineral resources WW > virtually unlimited
- feeds on previous pollution waste
- Ultra Safe ! waste Max 300 year storage vs 10>100s K years
re 1/2 lives of waste
- Use of surplus “heat” for domestic use in cold climate
( eg NewYork and higher Latitudes, Industry, desalination,
- high temp reaction conversion of CO2 to Syn-Fuels
- unique Apps >radio isotopes for Med Research > implementation re Health
- Minimal threat of being diverted into nuclear bombs
Controversial ?
- Radiation Effects-Health > at low doses evidence Now suggest it is actually beneficial!
Deaths have been relatively minimal over >~75yeats WW use
Accidents can / do occur > human error eg Chernobyl Fukashima was NOT a meltdown but planning disaster / negligence in being site on the Jap coast in an earthquake prone AND Tsunami prone area > flooding and a H2 explosion NOT meltdown or an Operation fault
- Current Nuclear fleet is or now approaching “use-by date”
- Nuclear proven potentially much safer than mining generally
> coal > gas etc
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