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The Awesome Science Thread (pg. 22)
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| srussell0018 |
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| Lagrangian |
Nuclear Energy is old-fashioned and out-dated. Let's mine the moon for Helium-3 shall we?
Has Acton abandoned this thread? :confused: |
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| srussell0018 |
Nuclear energy is (or should be) the future. It could replace the entire world's energy needs if nuclear programs were expanded.
Granted, some form of fusion would obviously be completely revolutionary and an unbelievable achievement, but I doubt that will ever happen. It's way too hard to stabilize a fusion reaction. |
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| Lagrangian |
| I'm with Germany on this. |
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| Lagrangian |
| quote: | Originally posted by srussell0018
Granted, some form of fusion would obviously be completely revolutionary and an unbelievable achievement, but I doubt that will ever happen. It's way too hard to stabilize a fusion reaction. |
Fool. Thy asses are gone about ’em. The reason why the seven stars are no more than seven is a pretty reason.
Lear. Because they are not eight?
Fool. Yes, indeed: thou wouldst make a good fool. |
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| Trance-MB |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lagrangian
I'm with Germany on this. |
I'm with France. |
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| Trance-MB |
| We need nuclear energy. |
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| srussell0018 |
| Yeah I was responding to Lagrangian's blathering. |
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| Spacey Orange |
interesting concept.
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| MikeRotunda |
noooooooooooooooooooooooooo
less money for me :(
really though this is pretty spanking awesome |
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| Lagrangian |
| quote: | Originally posted by srussell0018
Yeah I was responding to Lagrangian's blathering. |
Listen, I understand that Nuclear Energy is still attractive. When it comes to science, I tend to walk away from tradition.What happened in Japan a couple of years ago, is a clear sign that nuclear energy is too risky to become fully dependent on it. I'm not proposing to rid ourselves of nuclear energy entirely, but I am certainly in favor of greater control of both nuclear energy production and weapons of mass destruction.
One of the best parts of the proposed Helium-3 reaction is the complete lack of radioactive byproducts. No neutrons are emitted, and no isotopes are left as products that could radioactively decay. The proton is a particularly nice side product, since clean energy can be harnessed from this stray proton by manipulating it in an electrostatic field. |
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