shuamort

How about we get California to first stop sucking up all of the oil, Pelosi?California uses more gas than China.

obvious Child

Pebble Bed reactors can be built in a mere 24 months.
PBMR: Clean, Safe, And Affordable Energy

Plus there's no risk of meltdown due to the low yields.

Pebble Beds + Wind + massive tidal. Heck if we can generate enough electricity, we can catalyze our own oil.

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Orion

Yes! Finally someone looks at pebble beds!

BWG

I seem to remember cons pounding on Clinton for governing by polls.

My, have times changed...just sayin'...LOL...

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hrdman2luv

Republicans say drill in Alaska. Democrats say drill off shore. Republicans say that won't work. Democrats say that wont work. Over and over and friggin over.
Back and forth all day long on C-Span. The debates were endless. And as usual, only one thing got accomplished. The oil companies continue to get a free ride on the price gouging train.

Am I the only one that see's the real truth in what is going on between the Democrats and Republicans?

FACT: It doesn't matter how much oil is produced. It doesn't matter what part of the USA the oil comes from. The more oil the oil companies get, is just more oil they can refine and charge us $4 per gallon for.
The oil they drill for isn't Americans. It doesn't belong to us or the Federal Government. It's not going to be handed to us in vouchers or coupons. It's going to continue to be owned by the oil companies until we, the American people, pay the over inflated price for it.

All this talk about where to drill is non-sence. Because whether we drill in our own backyard, the oil companies have no reason to give us a break on the price.
And the Market speculator have no reason to speculate a cheaper market price for a barrel of oil. Because no matter if it comes from the USA, Canada, Iran, Mexico or even Saudi Arabia, oil is oil is oil. And it's still over $130 a barrel. And is still about $4 per gallon. (and even higher for deisel)

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obvious Child

I've been looking at Pebble beds for quite some time. But Pebble beds to me seem like merely a small step. Thorium is where we need to go aside from Fusion. Especially the fast thorium reactors which can reduce radioactive waste to 1%.

Still, PBR (lol, not the beer) should be enacted. Cheap, no risk of meltdown and uses LEU. What's not to love aside from having to build lots to replace one regular heavy water reactor?

That said, there are terawatts upon terawatts of power in our oceans that we're not harnessing. I'd love to see us harness enough power from the oceans so that nuclear transmutation becomes economically profitable.

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LaMidRighter

I agree 1000%. Great post!

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LaMidRighter

Never heard of these before, but sounds like a good idea. My only concern is to have a fast way to get grids back up if a natural disaster like a hurricane or earthquake hits the reactor, a plan B if you will. But wow, how has the American press missed this, since they are part of the alternative energy movement?

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Vader

[quote=Reverend_Hellh0und;1057672962]Pelosi stands firm against offshore drilling - International Herald Tribune


Why cant Pelosi stand firm in front of a moving train?

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jallman

[QUOTE=Vader;1057673986]I volunteer to tie her to the tracks.

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