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A bit annoying really....

I'm not really interested in politics. Geopolitical (and weapons technology) implications perhaps but that's about it. MSimon is right of course. No matter what - we'll be needing oil for a long time to come, plenty of time for transition for everyone. Ironically as price falls due to the gradually...

rexxam62 wrote:PMN1

Islam is not a race. So if you criticize it you are not a racist. Just like criticizing Israel is not being anti semitic.

Doesn't stop people from doing so, believe me...

If they have population growth problems they should just do what china did and put population growth laws into place that will force the population down. Anyone in the west who tries suggesting that is shouted down as an imperialist or a racist and thats just from the left wingwingers in the west, ...

How about extracting trace elements from sea water, this has already been suggested for OTEC plants but if you can supply even more energy at low cost?

One thought i've had on this as a source of power for ships is that if you are suddenly able to build large high speed warships that dont have fuel concerns you potentially make your entire existing fleet obsolete and put you on a level playing field with everyone else although that concern didn't s...

1) The middle east is economically dependent on the world buying it's oil. What woudl happen to the OPEC nations if demand for this export were slashed? The collapse of economies, and the nations those economies prop up, could turn the entire area into an extremest holiday camp. Even better, they w...

A polywell could certainly drive a small ship that fast, but why would anyone want to build such a ship? Do you have any information for the proposed market? The same market that the 33kt SL-7s were proposed for in the 70's until fuel costs went through the roof, the same market 45kt Fastships were...

wizz33 wrote:do you have some links, it sounds interresting

Fraid not, the idea is mentioned in 'Ships and Shipping of Tomorrow' by Rolf Schonknecht, Jurgen Lusch, Manfred Schelzel and Hans Obenaus first published in 1983.

An article from last weeks new scientist Earlier this year an Iranian nuclear scientist at the uranium conversion facility at Isfahan died from poisoning with uranium hexafluoride gas. Accidents like this keep Najmedin Meshkati awake at night. A leading expert in nuclear safety at the University of ...

http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Can_The_Iranian_Nuclear_Complex_Survive_A_Bad_Earthquake_999.html Can The Iranian Nuclear Complex Survive A Bad Earthquake by Claude Salhani UPI International Editor Washington (UPI) July 20, 2007 What do Japan and Iran have in common? Japan has nuclear power plants a...

How about the thorium cycle for fission?

http://www.uic.com.au/nip67.htm

http://www.energyfromthorium.com/forum/ ... c2445e4f76

http://www.energyfromthorium.com/forum/ ... c.php?t=10

My understanding is their oil reserves have peaked and they are aiming to move away from having to rely on oil revenue. Some reports say its peaked, others say they have the 2nd or 3rd largets reserves in the world, others say they will be scraping the bottom in under 10 years. It puts into questio...

http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Deadlock_On_Iran_As_ElBaradei_Calls_Time_Out_On_Discord_999.html by Pyotr Goncharov UPI Outside View Commentator Moscow (UPI) May 29, 2007 Mohamed ElBaradei, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, thinks that Iran has gone so far in its nuclear program th...

Shipping, both merchant and naval would benefit - ocean going Surface Effect Ships travelling at over 100kts.... I've seen a concept for a 15,000 ton SES capable of carrying 2,000 cars and their occupants across the Atlantic at around 130kts - the powers requirement is about 550MW so nuclear power i...