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Originally Posted by SeeGeeWhy
You're welcome. It's easy to distract the public... When you fill a floodplain with water, how much biodiversity gets destroyed with no pressure to build compensatory ecosystems (like oilsands mines actually do), how much carbon sink gets removed from the planet for decades, how much CO2 gets produced in the quarry, producing, hauling and pouring the concrete? For a more local example look up the "Site C" project in NEBC.
You're welcome for the link on thorium. The community is very open and have a lot of material published. You'll enjoy www.energyfromthorium.com and the thorium energy alliance on linked in.
Energy is essential to our quality of life, but it is just as essential to evaluate the total impact of how we generate, transport/transmit and utilize that energy. We don't get to live an amazing life without being mindful of how we do it. |
It's also easy to distract the public when you industrialize the ocean with wind turbines or tidal power, or build massive solar installations in the desert. There are no free rides on any of this, and that is what my project will help to demonstrate, but also to show that a systems approach will help build capacity for innovation.
Your last two points are excellent. I have not had a chance to research nuclear, thorium or fusion a lot yet, but look forward to learning a to more about it.