tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597656451205429515.post4414196585240831322..comments2024-02-16T17:52:44.944-06:00Comments on The Nuclear Green Revolution: Thorium EROEICharles Bartonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01125297013064527425noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597656451205429515.post-36009583304232574522012-03-03T11:35:32.106-06:002012-03-03T11:35:32.106-06:00There seems to be an error in your coal production...There seems to be an error in your coal production data, the US production in 2006 was about 1055 million tonnes.ZZRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02396203840452825135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597656451205429515.post-18978667444507248402008-04-12T06:41:00.000-05:002008-04-12T06:41:00.000-05:00Charles H., Thorium is an abundant element, and c...Charles H., Thorium is an abundant element, and contains an enormous amount of energy. Even if you mined rocks that contained only a few parts per million of thorium, the energy return would be better than mining coal. Thorium is an inexhaustible resource.Charles Bartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01125297013064527425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597656451205429515.post-62728607549627578962008-04-11T19:02:00.000-05:002008-04-11T19:02:00.000-05:00Thorium doesn't tend to dissolve in seawater like ...Thorium doesn't tend to dissolve in seawater like uranium does. <A HREF="http://www.seafriends.org.nz/oceano/seawater.htm#composition" REL="nofollow">This site shows</A> that there's practically no thorium in seawater.<BR/><BR/>No worries. There's so much thorium on earth that we'll never run out, unless we're wasteful with it and don't use it effectively.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597656451205429515.post-77786609047568423292008-04-11T16:04:00.000-05:002008-04-11T16:04:00.000-05:00charles,You said: "In contrast the 600,000 tons as...charles,<BR/><BR/>You said: "In contrast the 600,000 tons assured thorium reserve at Lemhi Pass, could provide all the energy required by the American economy for 400 years."<BR/><BR/>If we move beyond Lemhi Pass to less rich ore what kind of EROEI are we looking at? What if we extracted thorium from sea water (unlimited reserve)?charlesHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17798022842779057473noreply@blogger.com