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Oct 30, 2011 / 10:09am

Clean, Safe, Cheap Nuclear Update

These are exciting times for clean, cheap energy as the first of many breakthrough products using radiation-free nuclear reactions is about to be demonstrated. On October 28th, Andrea Rossi plans to demonstrate his a one megawatt nuclear boiler in Bologna, Italy. It will be powered by tiny amounts of nickel and hydrogen. Fuel usage is so minuscule that it easily qualifies as renewable energy. The entire plant is built inside of a standard shipping container.

Rossi claimed the experiment to be a success, yet it's based on research that didn't go through peer review and contains a secret formula. Secrecy is understandable, because if it works, it can make Rossi the richest man on the planet. Whether it's the biggest breakthrough in the history of industrialization or just a scam, time will tell. If the former will be true, I will call Rossi John Galt.

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Jan 3, 2011 / 10:30pm

China boasts breakthrough in nuclear technology

The technology, developed and tested at the No.404 Factory of China National Nuclear Corp in the Gobi desert in remote Gansu province, enables the re-use of irradiated fuel and is able to boost the usage rate of uranium materials at nuclear plants by 60 folds.
more on reuters.com

Interesting, as nuclear energy is still the most reasonable source of energy we currently know and we have yet to figure out what to do with the waste.

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Jun 4, 2010 / 11:30pm

Japanese firm wants to transform the Moon into a giant solar power plant

Their ambitious plan involves building a belt of solar cells around the Moon’s 6,800-mile (11,000-kilometer) equator, converting the electricity to powerful microwaves and lasers to be beamed at Earth, and finally converting the beams back to electricity at terrestrial power stations.
more on physorg.com

I wonder how they plan to deal with meteors when there's no atmosphere protection. Also, a friend of mine put it: “Make robots responsible for large lasers pointed at earth. Can't end well...”

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