Fascinating. My girlfriend is basically getting her degree in alternative energy and she’s never even heard of this. The stuff about how we ended up not using thorium so that we could produce weaponizable material is most upsetting thing I’ve learned in a long time.
OT: Since the reference to Thorium reactors wasn’t linked in the top level post, here are some links for those who are curious:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorium#Thorium_as_a_nuclear_fuel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZR0UKxNPh8
http://www.theoildrum.com/node/4971
http://thoriumenergy.blogspot.com/
http://thoriumenergyalliance.com/
FWIW I started the “Thorium For Energy” advocacy group on Facebook a while ago. Join it if you can. Most people are simply unaware of this technology.
I also have the thorium energy question on TakeOnIt here: http://www.takeonit.com/question/127.aspx
Not many oppose it simply because not many know it.
Thanks, Michael and Ben, for pulling those details out!
I read, learned, and then joined the Thorium Energy Alliance FB group that was mentioned but not yet linked so I could help with the viral promotion.
Fascinating. My girlfriend is basically getting her degree in alternative energy and she’s never even heard of this. The stuff about how we ended up not using thorium so that we could produce weaponizable material is most upsetting thing I’ve learned in a long time.