Maybe. Prototype are always expensive. The expense may be worth it some day as other options hit their limits. We're clever little monkeys. Someone will come up with a mass production aprtcile accelerator. Someone else will figure a way to get better thorium yields out of the crust. And so on. Hey, I'm a complete misanthrope and I think these things could happen.
Well, I wasn't really defending the system in the article, just thorium energy as a concept. The basic idea is generally credited to Carlo Rubbia, a Nobel winner out of CERN. And, yeah, I shouldn't have typed laser. A particle (proton) beam is used. There's ample information about it on the toobs.
No, the whole attractiveness of thorium is you get nuclear heat without having to go critical. It uses an external, high power laser to maintain the reaction: it's not self sustaining.
Why not just pursue the bigger thorium energy reactors to replace regional power plants, and then just use electric cars? Put the complexity in one place instead of having millions of little pony sized reactors wandering the roads.
People have in universities and think tanks and other places across the land forever. Google it. There's enough ideas already out there to cobble something together that's a fair mix of public and private and actually works as well as you're ever going to achieve.
The good ideas exist, but good ideas and hope and rainbows and morning dew are not going to make a dent.
The problem is that you're up against forces that can see either a politician's funding cut off, or heavy funding going to his main opponent. Both the government union and corporate thugs here in California have been doing that for years as shown by recent revelations after some reporters got up off their fat asses. They focus on primary elections where things are sketchier, and things can go either way in any district because Party is out of the picture.
Politicians are not stupid- they do this for the money and power and lobbyist whores, and it all makes perfect sense when you just accept the fact of total and complete corruption. They and their cronies are sucking this country dry while the sucking is good. *That's* the plan.
So now a muscular blue humanoid will appear on my dashboard?
No, your past avatar selves will appear and offer advice.
Avatar Roku: You must be firm, yet merciful with the vehicle. The engine light is a cry for help. Avatar Kyoshi: Drive the car over a cliff and be done with it! Avatar Kuruk: Pfft. You have a good 1000 miles before you even need to worry about it.
Oh, wait, different Avatar.
Will the diagnostic interface be one of those tails?
Yes, and you do not want to know where you have to plug it in.
Out of warranty, the local Ford dealer charges a hundred bucks just to plug in the device to see what lit the check engine light. I don't even want to know what the MINI dealer charges.
Slashdot Mirror
Uh... this is Slashdot?
Facebook and Twitter are at least voluntary.
I recognize neither royalty nor its granted titles. :-)
Someone else would have come up with some other tagging system? HTML was derived from existing markup system.
That was the other guy complaining. :) I just wondered why he thought it upsetting that Twitter got it early.
Maybe. Prototype are always expensive. The expense may be worth it some day as other options hit their limits. We're clever little monkeys. Someone will come up with a mass production aprtcile accelerator. Someone else will figure a way to get better thorium yields out of the crust. And so on. Hey, I'm a complete misanthrope and I think these things could happen.
I just noticed now he said "anthology". The mind is a funny thing.
Well, I wasn't really defending the system in the article, just thorium energy as a concept. The basic idea is generally credited to Carlo Rubbia, a Nobel winner out of CERN. And, yeah, I shouldn't have typed laser. A particle (proton) beam is used. There's ample information about it on the toobs.
No, the whole attractiveness of thorium is you get nuclear heat without having to go critical. It uses an external, high power laser to maintain the reaction: it's not self sustaining.
Why not just pursue the bigger thorium energy reactors to replace regional power plants, and then just use electric cars? Put the complexity in one place instead of having millions of little pony sized reactors wandering the roads.
I have some points. I'll toss him one as long as I don't post- D'OH!
People have in universities and think tanks and other places across the land forever. Google it. There's enough ideas already out there to cobble something together that's a fair mix of public and private and actually works as well as you're ever going to achieve.
The good ideas exist, but good ideas and hope and rainbows and morning dew are not going to make a dent.
The problem is that you're up against forces that can see either a politician's funding cut off, or heavy funding going to his main opponent. Both the government union and corporate thugs here in California have been doing that for years as shown by recent revelations after some reporters got up off their fat asses. They focus on primary elections where things are sketchier, and things can go either way in any district because Party is out of the picture.
Politicians are not stupid- they do this for the money and power and lobbyist whores, and it all makes perfect sense when you just accept the fact of total and complete corruption. They and their cronies are sucking this country dry while the sucking is good. *That's* the plan.
Hey, I just made my first car anthology!
You always remember your first.
Muffins for all!
Isn't the whole kerfuffle these days because things like Twitter can beat "traditional" news sources to the punch?
(dramatic music)
Dah dah daaaaaaaaaaaah!
And then the doctor said, "I have some good news and some bad news..."
and so on.
A good analogy, actually.
it really is just the nature of how things are going, the nature of the industry
"Some of my best friends have DRM."
Jesus always struck me as an appletini guy.
Pfft! Still fake. There is no such place as Canada!
Sweet Smoking Jesus, I just reported the cost, not that I ever paid it.
What about the Cloud? Why not just put the manuals in the Cloud? Wheee... woooo... clouds are pretty....
Pinkie Pie says, "You engine is way too hot! Here's a little song I wrote about it..."
So now a muscular blue humanoid will appear on my dashboard?
No, your past avatar selves will appear and offer advice.
Avatar Roku: You must be firm, yet merciful with the vehicle. The engine light is a cry for help.
Avatar Kyoshi: Drive the car over a cliff and be done with it!
Avatar Kuruk: Pfft. You have a good 1000 miles before you even need to worry about it.
Oh, wait, different Avatar.
Will the diagnostic interface be one of those tails?
Yes, and you do not want to know where you have to plug it in.
Out of warranty, the local Ford dealer charges a hundred bucks just to plug in the device to see what lit the check engine light. I don't even want to know what the MINI dealer charges.