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To: zeestephen

We can make hydrocarbon fuel with low cost heat from nuclear power plants.


12 posted on 04/07/2014 1:56:35 AM PDT by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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To: AdmSmith
Interesting idea.

Just read a long essay about energy R&D in Israel.

Apparently they have huge deposits of kerogen, which is a precursor to crude oil and natural gas.

They are currently heating small sections of the deposit - in situ - in an attempt to convert it to a useful hydrocarbon.

I believe they use waste heat generated by solar voltaic panels.

If we had put a fraction of the R&D money from solar, wind, and fusion into safe nuclear fission research, the world would have a surplus of electricity and essentially no air pollution.

15 posted on 04/07/2014 3:43:46 AM PDT by zeestephen
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