Nuclear Energy is fission and nuclear fusion. We have been using nuclear fission reactors for over fifty years. We had some horribly poor designs including the one in Chernobyl. We had problems disposing of nuclear waste. Today's design's of nuclear energy are like the difference between computers in the 1960's and computer's today. I believe that much of our energy's needs can be met with nuclear energy, because it is clean and we now have ways to reprocess 95% of all nuclear material for reuse in reactors. What is left is reprocessed into glass and is going to be put in Yuca Flats down almost a mile into descending fault lines. Nuclear fusion is the future of long term energy needs. France is a 100% nuclear nation and has never had a nuclear accident.
The NIF program that I worked on over ten years ago is being used today for using lasers to produce nuclear fusion. Cold fusion is a long ways away but still possible for energy use. With the inconsistent power generations of solar energy and wind power, nuclear power is consistent 24 hours a day.
We should have nuclear power plants under the desert in Death Valley with solar panels all around it tied in for a self contained environment.
There have been numerous reports such as the naval report I have which illustrates all factors are considered for is safe disposal and storage. We also have do deal with the waste from all the nuclear submarines around the world today. I still think taking all the nuclear waste in the world and sending on a shuttle to the sun or moon is the best way to deal with it.
Wind energy is great because there are many areas off the coasts of the United States and windy areas that produce sustained wind all year long. The problem with wind energy is that many birds are killed annually that fly into the wind turbines. In California I have seen hundreds of wind turbines that require a great deal of maintenance to maintain. There are many new designs that I have seen cited in Popular Science and other magazines like Scientific American that are approaching new radical designs of wind generation that increase the output and efficiency of wind power. Eighty countries around the world including Denmark, Spain, Portugal and Germany have between 7-19% of there energy needs from wind power. With new battery technology and electronics for more efficient wind power, the sky is the limit as to what we can do with wind power. The conversion ratio of wind systems is 50% compared to coal, natural gas burning plants and current solar technology is only 18% conversion officially. Exploring new type of 1-8 blade wind turbine engineering we can increase the torque to power conversion ratio as illustrated in the Stiebler. Wind farms can be ideally used in high wind areas of the United States that produce sustained wind. California with 2,096 MW as number one wind farm energy producer.
References:
Stiebler, Manfred, Green Energy and Technology, Wind Energy Systems for Electric Power Generation, Springer, 2008
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_power
Rosner, Hillary, Wind Power: Turbines to take root in the sea, Popular Science 6/11/2009
http://www.popsci.com/environment/article/2009-06/wind-power
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nucelar_power
Dept of Energy, June 1994, Dept of Energy Spent Nuclear Fuel Management, Naval Spent Nuclear Fuel Management
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Water Pollution Today
Water is essential no matter what our government and its water quality says it should be. States and government agencies manipulate allowed pollution levels.
If we don't have sufficient water treatment plants we change the use of chlorine to chloramine, which is a lethal combination of chlorine and ammonia to clean drinking water. But, the new problem is that every pharmacological in the pharmacy is now in large cities drinking water.Everything from birth control pills to cocaine is in New York's drinking water. I try to have a low flush toilet and don't do my laundry except in the evening to lower peak demand. I don't water my lawn because I don't have one in the country. Solutions, build 10,000 desalination plants in the United States and get that money from $100 billion that would be spent on defense. Have secure fresh drinking water forever is the best defense any nation can have, instead of more aircraft carriers, and jetfighters. WE have our nations priorities screwed up. We could build more aqueducts like Rome built to transport water from areas of flooding to areas of draught. With a major national network of aqueducts we could maintain an even distribution of water throughout the United States. I was watching a program on the Science channel about how a desalination plant works. I read that new technology make them 50% more efficient. With unlimited fresh water, this nation could compete in growing more agricultural crops than any other nation in the world. With 1000 sq. miles of the government owned land in Arizona converted to solar farms, then all the power for all the desalination pumps and most of the nations energy needs could be met. Enforcing nation policies on illegal dumping of sewage and toxic wastes into our rivers and lakes is insane. Maybe if there were death penalties for CEO's that pollute in such matters, imposing billion dollar fines for oil spills like that of the oil spill now in the Gulf may discourage reckless endangerment practices by oil companies and oil rigs. People will comply with lowering their wasted water usage if our government would address these polluted water policies and create more water treatment and desalination plants to meet the national needs.
If we don't have sufficient water treatment plants we change the use of chlorine to chloramine, which is a lethal combination of chlorine and ammonia to clean drinking water. But, the new problem is that every pharmacological in the pharmacy is now in large cities drinking water.Everything from birth control pills to cocaine is in New York's drinking water. I try to have a low flush toilet and don't do my laundry except in the evening to lower peak demand. I don't water my lawn because I don't have one in the country. Solutions, build 10,000 desalination plants in the United States and get that money from $100 billion that would be spent on defense. Have secure fresh drinking water forever is the best defense any nation can have, instead of more aircraft carriers, and jetfighters. WE have our nations priorities screwed up. We could build more aqueducts like Rome built to transport water from areas of flooding to areas of draught. With a major national network of aqueducts we could maintain an even distribution of water throughout the United States. I was watching a program on the Science channel about how a desalination plant works. I read that new technology make them 50% more efficient. With unlimited fresh water, this nation could compete in growing more agricultural crops than any other nation in the world. With 1000 sq. miles of the government owned land in Arizona converted to solar farms, then all the power for all the desalination pumps and most of the nations energy needs could be met. Enforcing nation policies on illegal dumping of sewage and toxic wastes into our rivers and lakes is insane. Maybe if there were death penalties for CEO's that pollute in such matters, imposing billion dollar fines for oil spills like that of the oil spill now in the Gulf may discourage reckless endangerment practices by oil companies and oil rigs. People will comply with lowering their wasted water usage if our government would address these polluted water policies and create more water treatment and desalination plants to meet the national needs.
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