Went Down the Rabbit Hole on Thorium Reactors ....
Message:Found myself staring at the once reasonable Ted Talk conferences ... it's the Internet candy then you get the wax paper wrapper off and it's molasses all the way down.
A bunch of speakers saying Thorium Reactors guud. They don't leave those embarrassing pantie lines or nothin. Hey, it's Ted ... they don't do the heavy lifting.
So, I asked, if you could make a back pack nuke (and I don't advise anyone to do that as back packs are so 20th century), why can't they make a backpack nuke power generator?
If you are going to aim high, I say aim way high.
Don't worry, that's not happening anytime soon. We couldn't even decide what color back pack to put it in. I'm sure that's 92.4% of the problem which is oddly specific.
The Thorium peeps just left off a few things. A quick summary after watching a few videos:
https://whatisnuclear.com/thorium.html
It was interesting that Thorium is named after Thor and if there was ever a reason to use that as a power supply, that was it.
I'm not saying it can't be done. I'm just saying, it turns out it's a bit challenging. (How can you go wrong with a blue back pack?)
I just hope the right smart people are working the problem (and wearing the appropriately sensitive wardrobe and have the right flappy doodles). I would hate to solve one of the most vexing energy problems in the world, only to have to throw it out because someone wore a Van Halen T-Shirt or somethin.
Yours,
IronConrad
17-Jan-2021