The Power that Matters!

[Psyber]

I came across this today. An interesting perspective. They didn't have figures for a Thorium fission reactor.

http://www.science.org.au/nova/101/101box01.htm

The table below provides a comparison of the fuel requirements for power stations continuously producing one gigawatt of power for one year.

Power station - Amount of fuel

coal-fired - 4.4 million tonnes of black coal* [*energy density 24 MJ/kg]

coal-fired - 10.8 million tonnes of brown coal

fission reactor - 1.3 tonnes of uranium-235 (from 35 tonnes of uranium oxide or 210 tonnes of uranium ore)

fusion reactor - 150 kilograms of deuterium (obtained from two Olympic-sized pools of water) and 500 kilograms of lithium

[power01]

hmmmmmmmmmmm..........................what are u on about???..............

[Psyber]

hmmmmmmmmmmm..........................what are u on about???..............

Sorry, I thought it was obvious.

The big concern about alternative power sources has been what to do with the waste. This gives some perspective on how much waste is involved, and also into the costs of digging up and transporting the raw materials for the various methods of power generation. It would seem there would be a lot of money saved that could be put towards safe waste storage.

I chose the header simply because it made an amusing play on words in what is essentially a football forum -- I wasn't specifically having a go at Port Power [whom my wife supports] so the paranoid can reset their alien detectors.

[power01]

fair enough............lets go back to horse and carts.............

[Wedgie]

Isn't it ironic that Power supporters are the least likely to understand about the subject of Power?

[power01]

Wedgie I FULLY UNDERSTAND ALL ASPECTS NOTED ON THE ORIGINAL POST.........WORKING IN MINING INDUSTRY I DEAL WITH MANY SUCH FIGURES ON A DAILY BASIS...............I AM FULL WITH ENERGY WASTE ISSUES AND THE IMPACT THAT HAS ON SOCIETY AS A WHOLE......

jUST UNFORTUNELY THE WORDING OF THE THREAD WOULD HAVE HAD MANY USERS SCRATCHING THEIR HEADS SCREAMING WTF IS THIS ALL ABOUT................THAT WAS THE POINT I WAS TRYING TO MAKE AND NOT FOR YOU TO ASSUME I'M A DUMB ARSE PORT SUPPORTER WHO STRUGGLES TO TIE MY OWN SHOELACES



MORAL OF THE STORY WEDGIES ; REMEMBER NEVER JUDGE A BOOK BY IT COVER..... .

[Punk Rooster]

I take it that English wasn't your strongest subject then either?

[power01]

BUT IGNORANCE WAS FOR YOU PUNK??????..............

[Psyber]

.... A DUMB ARSE PORT SUPPORTER WHO STRUGGLES TO TIE MY OWN SHOELACES....

I've been known to suggest that might apply to my wife, her brother, and her nephew, but only at the risk of my life......however, they just look grim and don't actually shout!:wink: