I'm going to guess that it has to do with our electrical grid.
If you've been paying attention, you heard Trump mention plenty of times that we don't have enough electricity to lead the world in AI technology, among other things.
Also, how many transformers are imported from China?
AND - If God forbid, the proverbial EMP or solar storm knocked out our power transformers, how many YEARS would it take to get everything back up? The answer right now is not warm and fuzzy....
Couple all that with multiple EOs last night, declaring an Energy Emergency and other things, and that tells me that this project will most likely be for the grid...Let's see how it shakes out.
Yeah the EMP thing is literally my biggest fear. People don't understand that if it went down it literally would be years before basic power could be restored. It would be an absolute nightmare.
I'm hoping we're going to build nuclear plants.
There's a next generation nuclear fuel that I firmly believe has been classified but in use for some time now. Basically nuclear reactors can use thorium instead of uranium. These types of reactors can't melt down and the waist goes inert in about 100 years. The fuel also can't be weaponized and turned into nuclear bombs So these could be safely used all around the world, even by countries that we couldn't allow to have regular uranium-based nuclear power.
Thorium nuclear reactors already exist. I can almost guarantee you because for the past decade I've been following several companies that mine thorium for "next generation fuel" And those companies are doing very well and appear to have some DOD military contracts or some other undisclosed buyer of their ore.
The pressure and heat requirements of fusion reactors don't allow them to be terribly small. With thorium reactors that's not an issue. There's even the possibility of a thorium liquid salt reactor which has even more benefits.
I'm going to guess that it has to do with our electrical grid.
If you've been paying attention, you heard Trump mention plenty of times that we don't have enough electricity to lead the world in AI technology, among other things.
Also, how many transformers are imported from China?
AND - If God forbid, the proverbial EMP or solar storm knocked out our power transformers, how many YEARS would it take to get everything back up? The answer right now is not warm and fuzzy....
Couple all that with multiple EOs last night, declaring an Energy Emergency and other things, and that tells me that this project will most likely be for the grid...Let's see how it shakes out.
Yeah the EMP thing is literally my biggest fear. People don't understand that if it went down it literally would be years before basic power could be restored. It would be an absolute nightmare.
I'm hoping we're going to build nuclear plants.
There's a next generation nuclear fuel that I firmly believe has been classified but in use for some time now. Basically nuclear reactors can use thorium instead of uranium. These types of reactors can't melt down and the waist goes inert in about 100 years. The fuel also can't be weaponized and turned into nuclear bombs So these could be safely used all around the world, even by countries that we couldn't allow to have regular uranium-based nuclear power.
I believe it is fusion, instead of fission. I read recently that a fusion reactor was being built, but can't recall where. Here it is. https://www.newsweek.com/nuclear-fusion-power-plant-virginia-mit-world-first-cfs-2003430
Thorium nuclear reactors already exist. I can almost guarantee you because for the past decade I've been following several companies that mine thorium for "next generation fuel" And those companies are doing very well and appear to have some DOD military contracts or some other undisclosed buyer of their ore.
The pressure and heat requirements of fusion reactors don't allow them to be terribly small. With thorium reactors that's not an issue. There's even the possibility of a thorium liquid salt reactor which has even more benefits.
good info, thanks!