[deepinthewoods]

right back on topic....
 
whatever happened to tesla?
 
http://educate-yourself.org/fe/radiantenergystory.shtml

[RUSTYME]

He died mate .

[deepinthewoods]

after that mate.

[RUSTYME]

They found ways to make leccy that made them millions , that we couldn't do ourselves .

[in the hills]

ditw ..... Are you saying that we won't give up nuclear because we need the uranium to produce nuclear weapons? I don't know much about this subject. I thought we stopped producing our own nuclear weapons in the 50's and bought them from America. 

[deepinthewoods]

yes.
 
it is used for weaponry. look up depleted uranium.
 
its used to head rounds of ammunition, from smallfire to tankbusters. it 'sharpens' on impact so cuts through metal. i might be wrong on this but i think its the standard us ammo now. being used all over the world in vast quantities.
 
 
 
from wiki.
                World depleted uranium inventory           

Country	Organization	Estimated DU stocks (tonnes)	Reported
United States	DOE

480,000        [/t][/t] 2002

Russia

FAEA

460,000        [/t] 1996

France

Areva NC

190,000        [/t] 2001

United Kingdom

BNFL

30,000        [/t] 2001

United Kingdom Germany Netherlands

URENCO

16,000        [/t] 1999

Japan

JNFL

10,000        [/t] 2001

China

CNNC

2,000        [/t] 2000

South Korea

KAERI

200        [/t] 2002

South Africa

NECSA

73        [/t] 2001

Singapore

DSO National Laboratories

60        [/t] 2007

TOTAL

 
 
 
that didnt work, hey, the total in TONNES of du in the world as 2008 was      1,188,273

[northfifeduckling]

I'm with Rusty, the end is nigh

[deepinthewoods]

'' In a three week period of conflict in Iraq during 2003 it was estimated over 1000 tons of depleted uranium munitions were used.^{''
 
 
do you think theyve gone round and picked it all up??}

[deepinthewoods]

In early 2004, the UK Pensions Appeal Tribunal Service attributed birth defect claims from a February 1991 Gulf War combat veteran to depleted uranium poisoning.^[98][99] Children of British soldiers who fought in wars in which depleted uranium ammunition was used are at greater risk of suffering genetic diseases such as congenital malformations, commonly called "birth defects," passed on by their fathers. In a study of U.K. troops, "Overall, the risk of any malformation among pregnancies reported by men was 50% higher in Gulf War Veterans (GWV) compared with Non-GWVs."
 
 
sorry to post after my own post but i sort of thought everybody knows that we used du? it was in cluster bombs, landmines, evrything really!

[MikeM]

that wasn't the question that was asked though.

[deepinthewoods]

sorry mikem, could you explain, what have i missed?

[MikeM]

"ditw ..... Are you saying that we won't give up nuclear because we need the uranium to produce nuclear weapons? I don't know much about this subject. I thought we stopped producing our own nuclear weapons in the 50's and bought them from America"
 
this was the question that was asked. We know that we manufacture DU weapons, but the question that was asked was do you think that's why we won't give up nuclear generation.

[deepinthewoods]

yes.
 
the uk is a major supplier of arms.

[escapedtothecountry]

yes.
 
the uk is a major supplier of arms.

Is that why Finland is embarking upon having nuclear energy?

[Small Farmer]

So back onto the renewables, National Grid's green forecast which shows some economic growth suggests 30GW of wind power generation by 2020.


That's TEN times the current output, but still less than 30% of the total.  That is an awful lot of wind turbines.  And don't forget that the generators get a guaranteed rate, so it certainly isn't going to be too cheap to meter!


We're faced with a rather unhappy set of choices.  That's why I'm open to reconsidering nuclear, though if fusion showed any signs of progress that would help.  I've visited Culham a fair few times, and success seems decades away still.