Forester@pawb.social to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days agoA cow is more likely to kill you than a sharkpawb.socialimagemessage-square155linkfedilinkarrow-up1438arrow-down162file-textcross-posted to: science_memes@mander.xyz
arrow-up1376arrow-down1imageA cow is more likely to kill you than a sharkpawb.socialForester@pawb.social to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days agomessage-square155linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: science_memes@mander.xyz
minus-squareRivalarrival@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-213 days agoBreeder reactors don’t create fuel. They convert not-quite-usable isotopes into usable isotopes. The process is analogous to “cracking” crude oil, converting heavy, less-usable components of the crude into lighter, more valuable fuels.
minus-squareForester@pawb.socialOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·13 days agowere not running out of thorium for the next few 10k years and we already have massive stocks as its a byproduct of rare earth element extraction. If we haven’t cracked fusion by then i guess were boned.
Breeder reactors don’t create fuel. They convert not-quite-usable isotopes into usable isotopes.
The process is analogous to “cracking” crude oil, converting heavy, less-usable components of the crude into lighter, more valuable fuels.
were not running out of thorium for the next few 10k years and we already have massive stocks as its a byproduct of rare earth element extraction. If we haven’t cracked fusion by then i guess were boned.