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Posted by Warm Worm on December 26, 2007, 11:34 am
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>>>
>>>> Over in alt.planning.urban there have been discussion about better gas
>>>> mileage, alternative energy, etc, etc. where the bicyclists basically
>>>> thing everyone else uses way too much energy.
>>>>
>>>> Meanwhile, Don over in alt.architecture has been wanting to go off the
>>>> grid for quite a while.
>>>>
>>>> I have found the solution. It's one of those things that Don will
>>>> mortgage his house for, the bikers will sell their bikes to protest,
>>>> George will say it's impossible, and Amy will object to it on general
>>>> principals (so basically it's the perfect n.g. topic). So without
>>>> further ado, here it is:
>>>>
>>>> =================
>>>>
>>>>
http://www.nextenergynews.com/news1/next-energy-news-toshiba-micro-nuclear-12.17b.html
>>>>
>>>> =================
>>>>
>>>> Toshiba Builds 100x Smaller Micro Nuclear Reactor
>>>> Toshiba has developed a new class of micro size Nuclear Reactors that
>>>> is designed to power individual apartment buildings or city blocks.
>>>> The new reactor, which is only 20 feet by 6 feet, could change
>>>> everything for small remote communities, small businesses or even a
>>>> group of neighbors who are fed up with the power companies and want
>>>> more control over their energy needs.
>>>>
>>>> The 200 kilowatt Toshiba designed reactor is engineered to be fail-
>>>> safe and totally automatic and will not overheat. Unlike traditional
>>>> nuclear reactors the new micro reactor uses no control rods to
>>>> initiate the reaction. The new revolutionary technology uses
>>>> reservoirs of liquid lithium-6, an isotope that is effective at
>>>> absorbing neutrons. The Lithium-6 reservoirs are connected to a
>>>> vertical tube that fits into the reactor core. The whole whole process
>>>> is self sustaining and can last for up to 40 years, producing
>>>> electricity for only 5 cents per kilowatt hour, about half the cost of
>>>> grid energy.
>>>>
>>>> Toshiba expects to install the first reactor in Japan in 2008 and to
>>>> begin marketing the new system in Europe and America in 2009
>>>>
>>>> ==========================
>>>>
>>>> Merry Christmas to all.
>>>
>>> I want one, right now.
>>> No, make that two.
>>> I'll put one to use right away and I'll take the other one apart to see
>>> what makes it tick.
>>> (everything can be improved, doncha know?)
>>> Notice if you will that a *private* company did this.
>>
>> Private company appears as a bit of an oxymoron. There's no such thing as
>> a "private company".
>> Everything's public insofar as you can't do anything without an effect
>> that goes beyond your so-called private sphere.
>>
>> First post from the West Coast, BTW... I missed a window seat, but got an
>> aisle, for my feet.
>>
>>> Wanna hazzard...
>>
>> Like personal nukes?
>>
>>> ... a gues as to what century the gov't would have come up with such a
>>> thing for the public?
>>
>>> 5550?
>>
>> The two aren't mutually-exclusive anyway, so why talk as though they are?
>> Oh ya, that's right; you're that black-and-white dude.
>>
>> ;)
>
> You're denying the obvious Richard.
Let's throw caution to the wind and deny all the 'apparently obvious' that
we can. ;)
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