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Originally Posted by DarkArts
Valhalla or Ragnarök?
Thorium has been looked at many times over decades. As a nuclear fuel, it has certain attractive properties but also has its own problems.....
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Certainly, one swallow does not a summer make, yet the Chinese look to have solved most, if not all, problems with the Thorium cycle.
Australia has abundant reserves of the stuff.....and the scalability of these reactors allows you to place them where power is needed without the "poles and wires" that stretch over the horizon.
Given recent events in Ukraine, you only need to look at the strategic value of decentralised energy that is on tap 24/7.
P.S. We have 11kw of PV solar on our roof, with 28Kw of battery storage, so I've heavily invested in renewables....but there are days when it still falls short. Thorium (read cheap/clean grid power) for me is a no-brainer.