Forester@pawb.social to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoA cow is more likely to kill you than a sharkpawb.socialimagemessage-square155linkfedilinkarrow-up1440arrow-down159file-text
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minus-squareForester@pawb.socialOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·7 days agoWe can actually https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breeder_reactor
minus-squareRivalarrival@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-27 days agoBreeder reactors don’t create fuel. They convert not-quite-usable isotopes into usable isotopes. The process is analogous to “cracking” crude oil, converting heavy, less-usable components of the crude into lighter, more valuable fuels.
minus-squareForester@pawb.socialOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·7 days agowere not running out of thorium for the next few 10k years and we already have massive stocks as its a byproduct of rare earth element extraction. If we haven’t cracked fusion by then i guess were boned.
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days ago😮 Renewable nuclear energy?!
minus-squareicelimit@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 days agoIf you’re very broad about the definition, fusion is renewable. Somewhat
minus-squareForester@pawb.socialOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·7 days agoPretty much the only way we will get to post consumerism space communism
minus-squareokwhateverdude@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days agoBah, that will never happen. It will be tried of course, but coalition forces will come a knocking on Revachol’s door to maintain the status quo.
We can actually https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breeder_reactor
Breeder reactors don’t create fuel. They convert not-quite-usable isotopes into usable isotopes.
The process is analogous to “cracking” crude oil, converting heavy, less-usable components of the crude into lighter, more valuable fuels.
were not running out of thorium for the next few 10k years and we already have massive stocks as its a byproduct of rare earth element extraction. If we haven’t cracked fusion by then i guess were boned.
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Renewable nuclear energy?!
If you’re very broad about the definition, fusion is renewable. Somewhat
Pretty much the only way we will get to post consumerism space communism
Bah, that will never happen. It will be tried of course, but coalition forces will come a knocking on Revachol’s door to maintain the status quo.