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Old 05-17-2016, 05:22 PM   #31 (permalink)
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rmay635703 -- Agreed. But at this point how many years of Thorium power to pay forward the thousand-plus years of managing the high-level wastes produced to date?

Edit: I just noticed: 'Free as in speech' should included Terran, for geothermal.
Brings up another point, Thorium power can be used to take existing nuclear waste and re-use it and reduce it.

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Old 05-17-2016, 06:43 PM   #32 (permalink)
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I like Freebeard's analogy, even if my opinions differ slightly. I'm open to modern nuke implementations if the proof of concept works out well.

That reminds me, a friend of mine keeps telling me to pick up a free hot-tub from CL.

I have the same policy about hot-tubs as I do about boats; it's better to be friends with someone who owns one than to be the friend that owns one.
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"Free as in puppy" has an equivalent in one of my hobbies: "Free boat!"
Or free horse. At least you don't have to feed the boat every day :-)
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“April continued this year’s trend of record gasoline demand thanks to low prices,” said Erica Bowman, API chief economist.

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$2.30 average ahead of U.S. long weekend

Gas hit 2.30 (average) in the U.S. today - it's de-coupled from oil prices which have been declining for the past few days.

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The price usually peaks in early to mid-summer. I wonder if that will be any different this year with oil climbing.
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Gas hit 2.30 (average) in the U.S. today - it's de-coupled from oil prices which have been declining for the past few days.



Gas Prices Rise as Summer Driving Season Nears - 24/7 Wall St.

The price usually peaks in early to mid-summer. I wonder if that will be any different this year with oil climbing.
When fuel oil prices were peaked in the east coast,
supplies where higher than they had ever been before, then the single seller Morgan Stanley had financial issues as their ability to buy and hold was finally eroded. Thus beginning the financial crisis.

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