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by passenger66
Fri Feb 25, 2011 9:46 pm
Forum: News
Topic: So Dies Peak Oil
Replies: 97
Views: 71444

To Axil, would the LFTR be able to produce the the high temps you mention (950C). According to
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/b ... ar-thorium
China is going to be building these about as soon as the date you provide for the Indian reactor.
by passenger66
Wed Mar 24, 2010 2:13 am
Forum: News
Topic: AREVA plans hybrid fusion-fission reactors
Replies: 12
Views: 7694

Around here, I don't plan to promote anything. Just ask questions.
by passenger66
Tue Mar 23, 2010 10:45 pm
Forum: News
Topic: AREVA plans hybrid fusion-fission reactors
Replies: 12
Views: 7694

If you want to burn up actinides, what is wrong with the IFR?
by passenger66
Sat Jan 30, 2010 6:23 am
Forum: General
Topic: Novels you have re-read several times
Replies: 43
Views: 17497

And I must admit now I'm wondering if I've spoiled the game for others by providing too many clues.
by passenger66
Sat Jan 30, 2010 6:12 am
Forum: General
Topic: Novels you have re-read several times
Replies: 43
Views: 17497

The author says:

"Although much has been changed for rhetorical purposes, it must be regarded in its essence as fact."

In the text he uses the description for his text: "Chautauqua".

Perhaps I was being misleading to call it a novel.
by passenger66
Sat Jan 30, 2010 5:39 am
Forum: General
Topic: Novels you have re-read several times
Replies: 43
Views: 17497

No peeking, which novel is it?

"Blue sky!" shouts Chris.
by passenger66
Fri Jan 15, 2010 8:14 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Power from Thorium Conference coming soon. FYI
Replies: 24
Views: 9908

I like this site:
http://nucleargreen.blogspot.com/
for more info on the LFTR.
(btw, Charles Barton has eyesight problems, so there are spelling mistakes in his posts because he can't see them)

http://www.energyfromthorium.com/
has a technical papers repository for the ORNL MSRE and LFTR discussion.
by passenger66
Tue Nov 10, 2009 7:58 pm
Forum: News
Topic: wired and nextbigfuture Oct 25 and 26
Replies: 63
Views: 45709

Back to the first off-topic topic

"Yesterday's Guardian raised questions about whether oil reserves published in the past by the IEA have been inflated. Key oil figures were distorted by US pressure, says whistleblower The world is much closer to running out of oil than official estimates admit, according to a whistleblower at the ...
by passenger66
Fri Oct 30, 2009 5:40 pm
Forum: News
Topic: wired and nextbigfuture Oct 25 and 26
Replies: 63
Views: 45709

I think fusion will work in some or many forms eventually. I think we should be doing the LFTR (MSR) / IFR now, because we have energy problems now, and because I wish they would keep rather than blowing up the Appalachians. I still think we have a peak oil problem and will think that until I see pr...
by passenger66
Thu Oct 29, 2009 1:30 am
Forum: News
Topic: wired and nextbigfuture Oct 25 and 26
Replies: 63
Views: 45709

I don't want to do a topic drift, except of course I'm worried about Peak Oil. Wrt the oil being stored, the explanation I heard is because of contango - the future price of oil was expected to rise (from the low early this year) so oil was stored rather than sold. Also oil demand has dropped becaus...
by passenger66
Wed Oct 28, 2009 9:07 pm
Forum: News
Topic: wired and nextbigfuture Oct 25 and 26
Replies: 63
Views: 45709

There's a lot of oil in the tarsands but the production rate is low. There was a lot of oil in Ghawar in 1938, just like there was a lot of oil in Cantarell in 74, but there's not much left in Cantarell and it's that kind of decline that makes me wonder about Ghawar etc. Would it not be very difficu...
by passenger66
Wed Oct 28, 2009 6:58 pm
Forum: News
Topic: wired and nextbigfuture Oct 25 and 26
Replies: 63
Views: 45709

Export Land Model (ELM)

Simon (and others), what do you think of this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Export_Land_Model and a typical conversation with Jeffrey Brown aka Westexas on TheOilDrum: Here is the original post (under http://www.theoildrum.com/node/5911 ): logi Energy Determines Saudi Oil Production Has Peaked ( http...
by passenger66
Sat Sep 05, 2009 12:01 am
Forum: News
Topic: Focus Fusion and Nuclear Proliferation
Replies: 64
Views: 24332

Does anyone have any opinion on the worthwhileness (not very good england perhaps) of the Fissile Materials Cutoff Treaty?
by passenger66
Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:24 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Focus Fusion and Nuclear Proliferation
Replies: 64
Views: 24332

Greenies are the dukes of hazard.
by passenger66
Thu Jul 23, 2009 11:52 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Nuclear Power at TED Conference
Replies: 63
Views: 25743