tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post8959670399863870553..comments2024-02-13T01:25:33.947-05:00Comments on The Gods Are Bored: What Druids Think About #2: HypocrisyAnne Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15478513906953607043noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-66400151192798961402013-07-25T23:09:33.393-04:002013-07-25T23:09:33.393-04:00I just read an article that says if they start bui...I just read an article that says if they start building thorium reactors, it will make the price of "rare earth minerals" go down because currently, part of the high price is trying to get rid of the thorium that they find with them -- there's currently not much market for thorium and it's expensive to get rid of. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-59770998709810407242013-07-22T17:35:35.045-04:002013-07-22T17:35:35.045-04:00Yes, Kim, I have kind of been waiting for fusion r...Yes, Kim, I have kind of been waiting for fusion reactors to be created. The catch is, I think, that once the reactor is built, there's not much money to be made supplying it with fuel. No one would make a lot of dough, and consumers might even save money. The fusion technology is out there (it is used in bombs), so how hard could it really be to adapt it to power generation. Where are the fine young minds?Anne Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18083739996560380258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-37629322660797570392013-07-21T00:09:10.202-04:002013-07-21T00:09:10.202-04:00While it is true that there is no such thing as &q...While it is true that there is no such thing as "clean coal", there is such a thing as "cleaner nuclear". It's just that it makes so little nuclear waste that it is not usable for bomb-making, so no one wants to do it. <br />"Cleaner nuclear" is called a Thorium Reactor. There are people who can give you much more detail than I can about how it works, but it needs to be on the agenda for the power producers, and isn't. There is a law being proposed in congress to make permitting for thorium reactors easier, but who knows what this do-nothing congress will do.... <br />--KimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-1213100474422011742013-07-20T22:15:20.054-04:002013-07-20T22:15:20.054-04:00Once the genie's out of the bottle, it's v...Once the genie's out of the bottle, it's very hard to put it back in. We're all complicit in everything, quite frankly. Hypocrisy is the human condition.Debra She Who Seekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01845703092794695023noreply@blogger.com