Message from @Hob

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2019-01-06 16:31:21 UTC  

absurdly rare isnt it

2019-01-06 16:31:41 UTC  

@soup dad I still wonder how they manage to pull a profit when there’s probably so many more expenses for that sort of thing.

2019-01-06 16:31:46 UTC  

There's a lot we could potentially do with it if we not been Tech bottlenecked

2019-01-06 16:32:03 UTC  

@Aya is that those thorium salt reactors?

2019-01-06 16:32:11 UTC  

@Leeroy tell me

2019-01-06 16:32:12 UTC  

also yes

2019-01-06 16:32:16 UTC  

they're bs

2019-01-06 16:32:27 UTC  

pls educate

2019-01-06 16:32:40 UTC  

@Aya will try an find the vid 4 u

2019-01-06 16:32:53 UTC  
2019-01-06 16:33:26 UTC  

they aren't BS

2019-01-06 16:33:32 UTC  

but they aren't practical either yet

2019-01-06 16:33:41 UTC  

but there's a resurgence in pursuit of it

2019-01-06 16:33:49 UTC  

Thorium also decays into Uranium 233

2019-01-06 16:33:51 UTC  

especially on the chinese front

2019-01-06 16:34:00 UTC  

fuck maybe I'll move to china

2019-01-06 16:34:03 UTC  

Yo real quick. Im seeing trump ads everywhere. This man is really campaigning 24/7

2019-01-06 16:34:06 UTC  

but there's a whole bunch of issues affecting thorium reactor development

2019-01-06 16:34:28 UTC  

Remind me, what’s the deal with thorium salt reactors again? The phrase is niggling something from back when I watched thunderf00t.

2019-01-06 16:35:23 UTC  

If there is one thing I could have in my lifetime before I die

2019-01-06 16:35:29 UTC  

It's would be fusion reactors

2019-01-06 16:35:34 UTC  

the main problem from what I remember is the actual loop

2019-01-06 16:35:45 UTC  

material choice was the shitter

2019-01-06 16:35:53 UTC  

even with assisted metlag

2019-01-06 16:35:57 UTC  

@Aya http://www.theblackvault.com/documents/ota/Ota_5/DATA/1978/7801.PDF thorium reactors and LFMBR's have a real problem due to corrosion and expenses

2019-01-06 16:36:09 UTC  

metlags like a loop enclosure with heatsinks

2019-01-06 16:36:32 UTC  

yeah plus the corrosion

2019-01-06 16:36:33 UTC  

thorium is a MSBR or Molten Salt Breeder Reactor

2019-01-06 16:36:44 UTC  

plus the radiation

2019-01-06 16:37:06 UTC  

and depending on the application, stress/compression etc

2019-01-06 16:37:57 UTC  

We need a breakthrough in power of some sort

2019-01-06 16:37:59 UTC  

bear in mind this shit's weakest link is the loop itself, not the reaction vessel

2019-01-06 16:38:03 UTC  

Something cleaner

2019-01-06 16:38:27 UTC  

The way nuclear power is right now is not good

2019-01-06 16:38:30 UTC  

Or sustainable

2019-01-06 16:38:46 UTC  

Is fairly good tbh but could improve

2019-01-06 16:38:46 UTC  

anyways maybe they will get it done, kinda nuts atm that china put their ass down on the dark side of the moon recently and spacex is hauling all ass building something that has even Scott fucking Manley puzzled

2019-01-06 16:38:55 UTC  

Thorium sounds like an interesting idea but never has been successfully done.

2019-01-06 16:39:12 UTC  

We have no good, reliable way to store radioactive waste for the amount of time it takes for it to decay

2019-01-06 16:39:29 UTC  

@Leeroy I have no clue what you mean by loop but I’m guessing it’s something to do with the actual lifespan of the fuel? Either that or the energy output is just garbage.

2019-01-06 16:39:50 UTC  

I recommend a sungun