tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597656451205429515.post3492638733463093696..comments2024-02-16T17:52:44.944-06:00Comments on The Nuclear Green Revolution: Lowering Nuclear CostsCharles Bartonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01125297013064527425noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597656451205429515.post-48888089987945372422009-10-30T16:42:03.810-05:002009-10-30T16:42:03.810-05:00Bunion low specific inventory refers to the amount...Bunion low specific inventory refers to the amount of nuclear fuel required to sustain a chain reaction. In a moderated reactor less fissionable material is needed in order to maintain a chain reaction. This is referred to as low specific inventory. Fuel doubling time refers to the amount of time required to double the amount of fissionable material present in the reactor.Charles Bartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01125297013064527425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597656451205429515.post-46949633601357959702009-10-30T16:33:03.802-05:002009-10-30T16:33:03.802-05:00Charles,
Could you please explain the terms; low s...Charles,<br />Could you please explain the terms; low specific inventory & fuel doubling time<br />TYBunionnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597656451205429515.post-32441297932133833122009-10-30T16:04:08.758-05:002009-10-30T16:04:08.758-05:00Obama is as clueless on energy matters as he is on...Obama is as clueless on energy matters as he is on economic and fiscal matters.... not that his opposition would have done any better in the economic department. I have lost faith in our government's ability to even maintain order and basic financial stability, let alone handle the challenges we're facing as fossil fuels deplete. <br /><br />The current administration's handling of the energy situation, like our economic problems, shows that our leaders are in deep denial regarding energy realities just as they are regarding our financial situation. <br /><br />We are expecting too much of our government and the people who run it, and we need to take economics and energy out of their hands if we want to survive financially and have electric power going forward. Both our raw economic survival and our ability to power our systems are in far graver danger than most people realize. <br /><br />We have tossed $13 trillion into the rathole that is the housing and debt market (both very linked), and have gone to the end of the treasury's borrowing power to prop that garbage up, and the attempt will prove unsuccessful. As long as our rulers skew our economy towards the creation of evermore unrepayable debt, we simply WILL NOT HAVE THE CAPITAL to build even the nuclear plants we need to replace our aging nuclear fleet and coal fleet, let alone build those necessary to power our transportation and meet growing demand elsewise. <br /><br />Why? Because no one is going to lend at these interest rates except the government, which has no more money to back up loans with. That's why there is a lot of debate about the extension of the housing credit.. they know we couldn't really afford it to begin with. <br /><br />And we aren't going to get any more loans from foreigners. Utilities will be on their own capitalizing the next round of power plant construction in a country that has been economically reduced to the status of Argentina or Wiemar Germany. We will not be able to even capitalize oil shipments, if our currency continues to deteriorate to the point where it ceases to be the reserve currency. Skyward-ratcheting oil prices will drive the cost of constructing these plants to unaffordable levels if oil ceases to be denominated in the dollar. <br /><br />As for the kind of renewable energy the "greens" have Obama hooked on, well.... count on electricity being unavailable to most of the population if that happens. <br /><br />We are in very deep trouble, folks.The North Coasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14292115710427172625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597656451205429515.post-62775208754347107542009-10-30T11:11:23.180-05:002009-10-30T11:11:23.180-05:00This is about what I had expected, but not of cour...This is about what I had expected, but not of course what i hoped. My purpose here is to sound out a protest, against the present idiotic course.Charles Bartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01125297013064527425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597656451205429515.post-34097093362104482162009-10-30T11:07:13.745-05:002009-10-30T11:07:13.745-05:00Charles,
I'm a little surprised at your disma...Charles,<br /><br />I'm a little surprised at your dismay with Pres. Obama's "floundering" on energy policy and his sop to the pseudo-Greens promoting expensive intermittent wind and solar power schemes.<br /><br />At any time during the primaries and the general campaign, did Mr. Obama demonstrate any command of the complexity, breadth and ultimate future of our energy needs? Honestly, he did not.<br /><br />Rarely does he ever make clear comparisons of cost/benefits. His constant use of strawman arguments are tedious, tiresome and beneath the dignity of the office he holds. It is beyond time for him to "man-up" and offer substance, not just style, in his pronouncements.DocForesightnoreply@blogger.com