The problem of the USA not producing the rare earth metals it needs domestically is due to existing policy on producing thorium and uranium.... I don't know if this is a "simple task" but it's a failure of policy, not physics.
Thanks for the link to the vids. "Rare earths" are just one aspect. There are other materials that are needed as well, and not all are available in the USA and not all contain thorium and uranium.
"Mercurial" policies hamper many efforts in the nuclear and other industries. Environmental and other legal issues are bollards that can take many years to get around. Good luck getting approval for new nuclear plants within 5-10 years. And with many hundreds needed to replace existing fossil fuel and other plants, there will be work for lawyers for hundreds of years!
The trade war with China and others will be fascinating to watch to see the opportunities created as well as the additional long and short term hurdles they introduce. In any case, it's all moot now that USA coal is back in vogue.:)
We will see an expansion of the use of nuclear power because no president will allow the lights to go out in the country, and that applies to any country that has a president. The sooner we come to this realization and start building nuclear power the less stress this will have on the economy and the environment.
Whatever problems people have brought up against nuclear power they have always been problems of policy, not physics. We can change policy, we can't change the laws of physics.
Where are you going to get the various rare earths and other metals needed to prevent embrittlement of the structures and housing of the nuclear plant? Any costing of nuclear power should include how supply will be guaranteed for the lifetime of the plant. Given that many of the elements are in high demand from other industrial sectors, that's not a simple task. Furthermore, the estimates are likely to be very rubbery when projected over 20+ years.
All of a sudden the world is filled with women geniuses in every area. The past has been rewritten to include "very important" discoveries made by previously unknown women.
There is nothing in this garbage that hasn't been figured out by men long time ago. I'm sick with this propaganda. Fuck women!
Proof that Incel Trumpeters aren't coping well with the recent bans on Alex Jones.
I'm over 60, I like stims and I don't care if they're safe or not. I don't live my life like a timorous flounder on the bottom of the sea, forever worried that I'll get a spear in the back of the neck.
I find that 12 to 16 cups of (instant) coffee per day + 30mg dexedrine works for my adult ADHD. Small amounts of cannabis (1/2 a cone every 2-3 hours) as well is even better. Large amounts of weed, while nice, doesn't help my maths research.
The benefits attributed to l-theanine are mostly bullshit.
A smart machine will first consider which is more worth its while: to perform the given task or, instead, to figure some way out of it. Stanislaw Lem, The Futurological Congress (1971).
"Don't forget about the billions of taxpayer dollars that could have gone to places like Puerto Rico or Houston TX. " If you're so concerned go there and help out yourself you pathetic poseur.
This sounds like one of the U.S. Navy challenges from the 1990's, with similar requirements to the "100 knot Navy". IIRC, one requirement was: Deliver 250,000 tonnes anywhere in the world in 7 days, and a total of one million tonnes in 28 days.
Call it a draw: let Trump be POTUS on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday; Clinton takes Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday. And make that for two consecutive terms. The USA deserves it.
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Until he read that he thought gimp was a graphics editor.
Are you promoting Linux Diabeetus or just happy that your Mom and Dad are cousins?
but what you take home that matters.
How long did it take them to work out that Stanislaw Wang might not be Polish?
The problem of the USA not producing the rare earth metals it needs domestically is due to existing policy on producing thorium and uranium....
I don't know if this is a "simple task" but it's a failure of policy, not physics.
Thanks for the link to the vids.
"Rare earths" are just one aspect. There are other materials that are needed as well, and not all are available in the USA and not all contain thorium and uranium.
"Mercurial" policies hamper many efforts in the nuclear and other industries. Environmental and other legal issues are bollards that can take many years to get around. Good luck getting approval for new nuclear plants within 5-10 years. And with many hundreds needed to replace existing fossil fuel and other plants, there will be work for lawyers for hundreds of years!
The trade war with China and others will be fascinating to watch to see the opportunities created as well as the additional long and short term hurdles they introduce. In any case, it's all moot now that USA coal is back in vogue. :)
We will see an expansion of the use of nuclear power because no president will allow the lights to go out in the country, and that applies to any country that has a president. The sooner we come to this realization and start building nuclear power the less stress this will have on the economy and the environment.
Whatever problems people have brought up against nuclear power they have always been problems of policy, not physics. We can change policy, we can't change the laws of physics.
Where are you going to get the various rare earths and other metals needed to prevent embrittlement of the structures and housing of the nuclear plant?
Any costing of nuclear power should include how supply will be guaranteed for the lifetime of the plant. Given that many of the elements are in high demand from other industrial sectors, that's not a simple task. Furthermore, the estimates are likely to be very rubbery when projected over 20+ years.
All prisoners should be forced to read random Facebook posts and Twitter feeds
all day. Recidivists must also watch all Trending vids on youtube.
So, tough guy, are you really sure you want to hold up that liquor store?
All of a sudden the world is filled with women geniuses in every area. The past has been rewritten to include "very important" discoveries made by previously unknown women.
There is nothing in this garbage that hasn't been figured out by men long time ago. I'm sick with this propaganda. Fuck women!
Proof that Incel Trumpeters aren't coping well with the recent bans on Alex Jones.
So you're a thief, eh?
The owner still has their original content, so nothing was stolen.
Pffft. You and your band of geniuses are welcome to do what you like with the world! I like my 28 hour days.
I'm over 60, I like stims and I don't care if they're safe or not. I don't live my life like a timorous flounder on the bottom of the sea, forever worried that I'll get a spear in the back of the neck.
I find that 12 to 16 cups of (instant) coffee per day + 30mg dexedrine works for my adult ADHD. Small amounts of cannabis (1/2 a cone every 2-3 hours) as well is even better. Large amounts of weed, while nice, doesn't help my maths research.
The benefits attributed to l-theanine are mostly bullshit.
A smart machine will first consider which is more worth its while: to perform the given task or, instead, to figure some way out of it.
Stanislaw Lem, The Futurological Congress (1971).
It's not revolutionary when she can't dance as well as Richard Stallman.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Is the author implying that they can't be as crazy as men?
Or that they are not "smart" enough to be crazy?
E"mail" the author and demand answers!
"The Atlantic article even has an image."
Kerry-Lee from Hull, Daily Mail, p. 3 , showed how two large orbs made her some gold.
"Don't forget about the billions of taxpayer dollars that could have gone to places like Puerto Rico or Houston TX. "
If you're so concerned go there and help out yourself you pathetic poseur.
Beware though, this one would not be appropriate.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
The BossHoss are more suitable for a man page...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
FFS, just ask Siri to explain it to you like you're a Kardashian.
This sounds like one of the U.S. Navy challenges from the 1990's, with similar requirements to the "100 knot Navy".
IIRC, one requirement was:
Deliver 250,000 tonnes anywhere in the world in 7 days, and a total of one million tonnes in 28 days.
Where will MS put their spyware after you've been "allowed" to do that all by yourself?
You're not a troll; you're just another flag-waving goon sucking spook cock.
John Cooper Clarke - Some cunt used the N word
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Call it a draw: let Trump be POTUS on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday; Clinton takes Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday.
And make that for two consecutive terms. The USA deserves it.