Re: Forget Gasonline and CNG I want...
The biggest problem I see, is giving the public anything with high radioactivity... 'helloooo... terror groups around the world? This is the US calling, please wipe us all out, and here, we'll GIVE you the means.'
Nope, not going to happen, ever.
I don't totally disagree with you here, but the quality of fusionable material would not be military grade. However, that wouldn't stop someone from making a dirty bomb. I'd like to point out that every home has nuclear material, or should have, and enough of it, you could make a dirty one. All the smoke detectors in your home has a small amount of material.
I see issues with any type of new technology but I don't think anything should be dismissed without fully unerstanding the risks versus rewards. I for one think there is a way to work through all the issues. They do it for military ships and subs and there is rumor that the US has given a private company the rights to design a ship using it for a corporate ship.
Will it be cheap or fall within our traditional way of thinking, probably not. They are working on some sort of bacteria that will eat the left overs and leave a half life of uner 50 years.
To me, the three largest hurdels are:
1. Dealing with theft and the energy being used against us
2. How do we get rid of the spent fuel without killing the world or just leaving it for some 50th generation to deal with.
3. Once you start it, you can't turn it off. What to do with the extra energy and the heat wasted heat.
