On 9/21/2010 12:30 AM, bpnjensen wrote:

Luckily, there is Thorium nuclear. A SUPERB alternative to ordinary U
or Pu fission, very plentiful fuel (about 1,000 years' worth), much
shorter-lived waste ( a couple hundred vs a couple hundred thou),
technology already there, India& France among others will have these
online in a couple of years, a great stopgap until we can move onward
to efficient solar and/or Fusion.

The good news is...Thorium sounds like good news.

The bad news may be...it isn't here yet, and typical of any brand new,
unproven technology, it probably will have "growing pains".