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Mark Woodward
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power
April 19, 2003 - 01:56 AM
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What's everyones view on power genaration for the future? Fossil fuels will eventually run out and most of the sustainable sources are very very expensive. I know I'm gonna stir up a can of worms here but I want to see what people think.
I think that the future is in nuclear power backed up with proper renewable sources. Nuclear does produce very nasty waster but if properly handled causes less damage to the environment than fossil fuels. It's also a lot more pratical than 100% renewable sources.
Tell me what you think people
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Robert Margolis
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Aneutronics?
April 19, 2003 - 03:19 AM
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While I believe a mix of nuclear and renewables is ideal for now, I think that the long term will be renewables combined with one of the fusion sources that is aneutronic. Helium-3 can be fused with deuterium and produce no neutrons. It is the neutrons that makes things radioactive and damages the structures.
Nuclear power without neutrons would be the best for that energy needed 24/7. That's the weak spot for renewables.
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ITER
April 20, 2003 - 04:23 AM
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Well, nuclear is EXTREMELY controversial. Right now, there is the international effort called ITER (www.itercanada.com) which hopefully will take us to the next step in fusion. Of course, it uses tritium and produces lots of neutrons. However it is cleaner than fission and gets us closer to better fusion systems.
My guess is that with the growth of liquified natural gas, the energy prices will grow and give further incentive to all the non-fossil sources.
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Re: power
April 20, 2003 - 11:41 AM
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whats needed though is for someone probably a government, to put a lot of money into developing fusion sources and making them economic. Nuclear itself has not been refined enough really, it is still more expensive than fossil fuels
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