[ RadSafe ] Fission Future

[JPreisig at aol.com]

Radsafe:
 
      Sure, oil, coal, natural gas, methane, wind  power, solar power, 
fusion???, building energy efficient homes, wood???,  etc.
 
      A nuclear fission future is better than no  future at all.  And 
eventually it will come down to nuclear power
and perhaps fusion....
 
     I hope Radsafe can find a new list owner.   Thanks Dr. Terry for 
running it for so long.
 
     Joe Preisig
 
 
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 8/17/2014 1:55:43 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
kaleissa at gmail.com writes:

Oil and  gas reserve is estimated on current technology. With the  dramatic
improvement in the technologies these reserve numbers became  obsolete. For
example, thin oil fields became feasible upon the development  of horizontal
well drilling. furthermore, improving the oil extraction  efficiency of the
oil field changed the reserve numbers as  well.

Certainly, energy resources (despite of what type this resource  is) is the
key of human future once we consider better environmental  protection (that
is to say coal needs further technology treatment or  burning technology).
Nuclear as always faces  public radio-phobia and  that cultural issue needs
to be addressed properly (and not to be utilized  as a political agenda as
well as environmental issue). We had Fukushima but  it was not as strong as
Merkleshima on the nuclear energy. Nuclear  proliferation is another major
concern that faces the energy future which  will not be solved by words but
rather by improving the designs and  insuring Independence.

So far renewable energy (in particular solar and  wind) still used as a
romantic energy source against the common sources but  yet needs more
technological attentions to improve their contribution and  environmental i

K. Aleissa


On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 12:50 PM,  Dan McCarn <hotgreenchile at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Thinking out  loud...
>
> 1) In Situ conversion of Oil Shale (kerogenous  marlstones) is feasible, 
but
> would have a large CO2 footprint
>  2) Research is underway for conversion of algae to petroleum
> 3) Coal  Bed Methane is commercial
> 4) Through horizontal drilling technology,  methane production of marine
> shales is underway
> 5) Seabed  methane hydrate deposits are probable
> 6) Biomatter methane recovery is  doable in landfills
>
> Doubling of uranium production is  certainly feasible with present
> technologies given an appropriate  price structure.
>
> Dan ii
>
> Dan W McCarn,  Geologist
> 108 Sherwood Blvd
> Los Alamos, NM 87544-3425
>  +1-505-672-2014 (Home – New Mexico)
> +1-505-670-8123 (Mobile - New  Mexico)
> HotGreenChile at gmail.com (Private email) HotGreenChile at gmail  dot com
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 1:50 PM,  <JPreisig at aol.com> wrote:
>
> > Radsafe,
>  >
> >      A while ago, Andy Karam gave some  references to  support the idea
> that
> > our fossil  fuels (oil, natural gas
> > etc.) will only last another 50 to 100  years or so.  I expect this is
> bad
> > news.   Perhaps quite soon, we should start to build another generation
>  of
> > fission reactors, with perhaps even a doubling or tripling of  their
> > number.
> > We should start to do this in the next  20 to 40 years.  Of course,  
these
> > reactors should be  built in geologically stable regions of the  world.
> >
>  >     Methane may also be another source of energy for  the  future.  I
> wonder
> > what Oliphant had to say  about the future of  fusion.???
> >
> >   Perhaps we can manufacture oil, natural gas, etc. in  some  volumes by
> > burying crop or other leftover biomatter in landfills  covered by  Earth
> > mounds.  Perhaps it would take too  long to make oil, natural gas,  coal
> > etc. in
> >  this manner.  Any info. on this, Mr. McCarn???
> >
>  >     Joe Preisig
> >
> >
> >  .
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