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hobo · 10-07-2003, 05:07 PM

I hope I get this all right. Science majors, fix up my mistakes.

Last I heard, the world's most advanced Nuclear Fusion power plant was going to be built in Quebec. If they could manage to produce a positive net energy gain (past trials all resulted in 0 net energy gain or even a loss) then it will definately become the main power source. Why? Letsee, it uses Lithium (totally abundant and cheap as hell metal) and Deuterium (just 1 neutron more than hydrogen and also readily available) and the waste product is something like water and Tritium (radioactive hydrogen but with a short half-life and not even comparable to plutonium). The Tritium would only need to sit for a few years before turning into Deuterium (or friend and fuel) for reuse.

What does that all mean? Cheap fuel, safe, clean, efficient power that will outlast the human race. People who are against Nuclear Fusion are uninformed or retarded. I can see why they wouldn't like Nuclear Fission (the uranium using, plutonium producing one) because that is dirty along the lines of coal, probably worse. Seriously, coal should have died away a long time ago. It is so ridiculously dirty and inefficient that it should make you want to tear off your arm.

10-07-2003, 05:07 PM	#34 (permalink)
hobo Archangel of Change	I hope I get this all right. Science majors, fix up my mistakes. Last I heard, the world's most advanced Nuclear Fusion power plant was going to be built in Quebec. If they could manage to produce a positive net energy gain (past trials all resulted in 0 net energy gain or even a loss) then it will definately become the main power source. Why? Letsee, it uses Lithium (totally abundant and cheap as hell metal) and Deuterium (just 1 neutron more than hydrogen and also readily available) and the waste product is something like water and Tritium (radioactive hydrogen but with a short half-life and not even comparable to plutonium). The Tritium would only need to sit for a few years before turning into Deuterium (or friend and fuel) for reuse. What does that all mean? Cheap fuel, safe, clean, efficient power that will outlast the human race. People who are against Nuclear Fusion are uninformed or retarded. I can see why they wouldn't like Nuclear Fission (the uranium using, plutonium producing one) because that is dirty along the lines of coal, probably worse. Seriously, coal should have died away a long time ago. It is so ridiculously dirty and inefficient that it should make you want to tear off your arm. Last edited by hobo; 10-07-2003 at 05:10 PM..