Why Alternative Energy

[mysticsoto]

thorium?

The original article is no longer available, but you can read some of it based on what I quoted:

http://www.billszone.com/fanzone/sho...=1#post3168638

and another article on it:

http://www.billszone.com/fanzone/sho...dvances/page29

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Side note: Admins...can we look into why the Search function is so crappy? I searched for "Thorium" on the spin zone and got no results. I had to manually find the thread and look for the post myself...

[DraftBoy]

Has anybody read the books by Michael Klare?

The Resource Wars
Rising Powers, Shrinkin Planets
The Race For What's Left

I happened upon them the other day at Barnes & Noble and they sounded interesting. Not sure how much they have to do with Alternative Energy but they do seem to hit on the bleak and deadly situation as it pertains the remaining natural resources we have.

[Morpheus]

It's still based on fuel that needs to be dug from the ground. It would buy more time but what happens when Uranium runs out?

I was thinking the exact same thing. I can't remember the source(s), but from what I have read nuclear is not a panache for our insatiable thirst for energy as uranium reserves, in terms of energy density, are even less plentiful than fossil fuels.

[Muktar al-Portlandi]

Magnets!

[YardRat]

Anybody being "for" nuclear energy should almost unequivocally INSTEAD be for Thorium!!!

Iron manium and hulkanium are better.

[JoeMama]

im pro nuclear power. id love to see coal get the boot. solar, wind, and nuclear power is the way to go.

Me too, if for no other reason than their Luntzian ad campaign.

They were like, "How can we frame the word coal that will make it sound less filthy?"

"Clean coal!"

They just added the word clean and now people are like, I love coal, it's clean!

[JoeMama]

And btw, speaking of coal, **** West Virginia.

Bunch of rubes.

[Morpheus]

And btw, speaking of coal, **** West Virginia.

Bunch of rubes.

You might want to read about what Joe Bagent wrote regarding liberal disdain for white trash.

http://www.joebageant.com/

[Mouldsie]

And btw, speaking of coal, **** West Virginia.

Bunch of rubes.

My least favorite state

[denverboz]

Me too, if for no other reason than their Luntzian ad campaign.

They were like, "How can we frame the word coal that will make it sound less filthy?"

"Clean coal!"

They just added the word clean and now people are like, I love coal, it's clean!

If you repeat a lie often enough, people will believe it!

[OpIv37]

we just need someone to invent the Mr. Fusion from Back to the Future II. Then we can fuel our flying cars with banana peels and beer cans, and all will be right with the world.