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coffeesp00ns  ·  3628 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Pipeline From Hell: There’s No Good Reason to Build Keystone XL.

OT, but I totally dig thorium reactors. I'm obviously not a scientist, but from what I've read they sounds pretty darn good, especially in terms of waste product.

edit: On the other hand, I keep on waiting for the other shoe to drop on them - what ugly secret or bad news about them do I not know which will make me disillusioned?





rob05c  ·  3627 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    what ugly secret or bad news about them do I not know which will make me disillusioned?

Wikipedia has a list of known disadvantages. I'm not a nuclear scientist either, but none of them sound insurmountable.