Comments on: Your Inner Barbarian: Why Metalheads Should Care about the Environment http://www.steffmetal.com/your-inner-barbarian/ the alternative blogazine of heavy metal fashion, lifestyle and kvlture Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:38:01 +0000 hourly 1 By: steff http://www.steffmetal.com/your-inner-barbarian/#comment-4653 steff Thu, 10 Mar 2011 05:16:41 +0000 http://steffmetal.com/?p=159#comment-4653 @Phil - I'd never heard of Thorium before, but I asked my husband, and he's sort of clued up on it. We're doing some reading this week. It goes over my head a bit, but I think it's seriously exciting. Down here in NZ we're anti-nuclear, so we have a lot of coal- and diesel-burning stations, and a seriously inefficient power grid. We have wind farms in the S island that produce something like 75% of the country's energy needs, but the aging cable between the islands can only transport 1/3 of it to the N island, where 75% of the population lives, so most of it is lost. If Thorium reactors could solve the problems associated with nuclear power - the waste, the meltdowns, the weapons ... that would change the world. Ramble away. I'm keen to learn more. There are a lot of problems with wind and solar energy, especially on a large scale, simply because it's not a stable source of energy. It's good to know there are people like you in the world thinking about this stuff :) @Phil – I’d never heard of Thorium before, but I asked my husband, and he’s sort of clued up on it. We’re doing some reading this week. It goes over my head a bit, but I think it’s seriously exciting. Down here in NZ we’re anti-nuclear, so we have a lot of coal- and diesel-burning stations, and a seriously inefficient power grid. We have wind farms in the S island that produce something like 75% of the country’s energy needs, but the aging cable between the islands can only transport 1/3 of it to the N island, where 75% of the population lives, so most of it is lost. If Thorium reactors could solve the problems associated with nuclear power – the waste, the meltdowns, the weapons … that would change the world.
Ramble away. I’m keen to learn more. There are a lot of problems with wind and solar energy, especially on a large scale, simply because it’s not a stable source of energy. It’s good to know there are people like you in the world thinking about this stuff :)

]]> By: Phil http://www.steffmetal.com/your-inner-barbarian/#comment-4643 Phil Wed, 09 Mar 2011 03:12:34 +0000 http://steffmetal.com/?p=159#comment-4643 As a soon to be electrical engineer (and metalhead) I have to admit that I have a real soft spot for environmentalism as it represents a whole host of exciting design possibilities. Clean energy is the big thing that everybody is talking about; y'know windmills, solar panels, ocean power and such; but there is so much research going on in the field of power electronics to make line losses in large electrical grids almost negligible (i.e. power plants don't produce extra power to compensate for power lost as heat along the lines) Plus there is a whole host of American research engineers working to develop Thorium (nuclear) reactors which are significant since they use all of their input (no nuclear waste), can't meltdown, and Thorium is too radioactive to weaponize so its unbelievably exciting. Google Thorium and Dr. Charles Alexander if you wanna know more about Thorium. Sorry for rambling but this stuff gets me all excited, and wishing I could hurry up and get started on my PHD already. As a soon to be electrical engineer (and metalhead) I have to admit that I have a real soft spot for environmentalism as it represents a whole host of exciting design possibilities. Clean energy is the big thing that everybody is talking about; y’know windmills, solar panels, ocean power and such; but there is so much research going on in the field of power electronics to make line losses in large electrical grids almost negligible (i.e. power plants don’t produce extra power to compensate for power lost as heat along the lines)

Plus there is a whole host of American research engineers working to develop Thorium (nuclear) reactors which are significant since they use all of their input (no nuclear waste), can’t meltdown, and Thorium is too radioactive to weaponize so its unbelievably exciting. Google Thorium and Dr. Charles Alexander if you wanna know more about Thorium.

Sorry for rambling but this stuff gets me all excited, and wishing I could hurry up and get started on my PHD already.

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