G-spotter Posted March 15, 2011 Posted March 15, 2011 (edited) There's also the Compressed Air storage method http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compressed_air_energy_storage Or treadmills with and peanuts Edited March 15, 2011 by G-spotter Quote
rob Posted March 15, 2011 Posted March 15, 2011 Molten sodium thorium reactors He3 fusion using lunar regolith Geothermal, like the Kiwis use (and they are a small island located on a major fault line too just like the Japanese) I've seen an analysis that 1000 square km of solar in Arizona could supply the energy needs of all of America. Given that climate change over the next 100 years will likely render the current population of Arizona unsustainably large due to permanent drought, this may be a wise use of the land. Deep ocean thermal exchangers need to be explored in more detail. I've seen some very promising papers on the technology. Has anybody studied possible climactic effects of removing that much energy from the oceanic thermal currents? Quote
ZimZam Posted March 15, 2011 Posted March 15, 2011 The top selling item on Amazon: potassium iodide Quote
j_b Posted March 16, 2011 Posted March 16, 2011 meanwhile, #4 is on fire again. Expect iodide sales to keep going up, I guess. Quote
prole Posted March 16, 2011 Posted March 16, 2011 Japan abandons stricken nuke plant over radiation Associated Press 10 mins ago FUKUSHIMA, Japan – Japan suspended operations to prevent a stricken nuclear plant from melting down Wednesday after a surge in radiation made it too dangerous for workers to remain at the facility. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said work on dousing reactors with water was disrupted by the need to withdraw. The level of radiation at the plant surged to 1,000 millisieverts early Wednesday before coming down to 800-600 millisieverts. Still, that was far more than the average "So the workers cannot carry out even minimal work at the plant now," Edano said. "Because of the radiation risk, we are on standby." Quote
Mal_Con Posted March 16, 2011 Posted March 16, 2011 When I was a kid we had a friend who worked at Hanford he used to bring us Zirconium turnings (for fuel rods). It looked like coarse steel wool, you could light it and it burned with a brilliant white light, once it cot started it was impossible to put out. Later when I worked at the Naval weapons center we used it as an incendiary, that area of Japan is pretty much f*cked Cesium has a half life of 30 years. Quote
ZimZam Posted March 16, 2011 Posted March 16, 2011 Japanese Pat Robertson http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/15/tokyo-governor-apologizes-for-calling-quake-divine-retribution/?hpt=C2 Quote
G-spotter Posted March 17, 2011 Posted March 17, 2011 Dummies ODing on potassium iodide in USA. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42135438/ns/health-health_care/ Quote
pup_on_the_mountain Posted March 17, 2011 Posted March 17, 2011 A slightly different perspective. Quote
prole Posted March 17, 2011 Posted March 17, 2011 A slightly different perspective. Another one from Paw-paw's Inbox? Bizarre. Like a psy-ops mission or something. Quote
prole Posted March 18, 2011 Posted March 18, 2011 Anybody read any good pieces lately about the bigger picture here? I'd be much obliged. Quote
KaskadskyjKozak Posted March 18, 2011 Posted March 18, 2011 [video:youtube] Wow! Cool! Got any more "questions" for us, Prole? Quote
YocumRidge Posted April 3, 2011 Posted April 3, 2011 The Hanford Nuclear Reservation, in the far northwestern corner of the continental United States, is the most contaminated nuclear site in the Western Hemisphere. The Western Hemisphere's Most Contaminated Place Yup. Conveniently positioned UPSTREAM of Portland on the Columbia river. Oh, and by the way, we have had 19 BIG earthquakes over the last 10,000 years (~1 in 500 years, range 180-1,000 years). The last BIG one (8.7 to 9.2) took place at about 9 p.m. on January 26, 1700. We know about it because the Japanese have chronicled the arrival of a giant "orphan" tsunami (i.e. tsunami without an associated earthquake). So, yes, come visit... Quote
Crux Posted April 12, 2011 Posted April 12, 2011 April 12, 2011: LFT: Fukushima crisis on par with Chernobyl Video: Fukushima upgrade spells lengthy crisis Quote
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