Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Nuclear

[Doug and Terri Anderson (dnt]

Rick sez "PS: Long notes typed on a BlackBerry are hell! "

I AM impressed - and with no errors yet!  Man, I can't type a grocery list 
without making 20 errors on a BB.  You nimble fingered old dog you.  As 
Ferrari Bubba would say - I bet you have an unlisted phone number.  heh heh

DOUG
Oh - PS - good post.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <rolindsay [at] yahoo.com>
To: "Doug and Terri Anderson" <dnt [at] dock.net>
Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>; <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2008 5:52 AM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Nuclear


> In my original note where I wrote the N-word (nuclear), I was trying to be 
> more broad in scope than to recommend building more nuclear power plants. 
> I meant then, as now, to say that chemical energy sources like coal and 
> oil have a finite life AND the term of that life will wain to near 
> extinction within the liftspan of the younger ListMembers here!  It then 
> folllows that there are only two options; (1) find another source of high 
> energy or, (2) consume so much less that the other sources like wind and 
> photoelectric will suffice. And while (2) is a better, smarter solution, 
> it is not in the nature of humans. We want more, not less.
>
> So my original note was to say, the only other source of huge energy 
> potential (known to us today) is stored in the very center of atoms. 
> Extracting it in what is in essence a controled nuclear explosion is 
> primative and not far from our first attempts with chemical energy. Its 
> huddling around the nuclear campfire. What we need is the atomic version 
> of a Ferrari, safely and in a very controlled environment, releasing the 
> energy within the atom. We're not there yet but it may be the only path to 
> providing the amount of energy humans demand.
>
> I'll put the 2-cents this opinion is worth on your tab...
>
> Rick
> PS: Long notes typed on a BlackBerry are hell!
>
> ------Original Message------
> From: Doug and Terri Anderson
> To: Rick Lindsay
> Cc: The FerrariList
> Sent: Aug 10, 2008 1:16 AM
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Nuclear
>
> It was July, 1979 at dinner time in Bruno Czechoslovakia.  Seven of us -
> four of us from San Francisco comprised of two native born, one Polak and
> one Hungarian - the other three were two Hungarian kids on honeymoon and a
> Frenchman.  The Frenchman made it interesting - he was the head dude in
> charge of nuclear reactor welding in France.  He was in Bruno for a 
> welding
> convention.  While none of us could speak all the tables languages, we got
> along ok - most interesting dinner.  OH, the reason for this post - what I
> learned is France uses many many nuclear plants - why?  lack of rivers for
> hydro power.  AND their plants are the "other" type from the ones used in
> the US.  A fellow well known in Porsche 356 circles, The Maestro, Harry
> Pellow, was working with a company doing the French design.  US decided to
> go the other way - he's out of a job and he becomes a MIT graduate writing
> books such as "Inside the Inner Circle" a think binder tome of 356 engine
> trivia.  Question for our group - what is "the other way" to design a
> nuclear plant.  Has something to do with using sodium rather than water. 
> As
> in sodium filled exhaust valve stems.
> Onward
> DOUG
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Rick Lindsay" <rolindsay [at] yahoo.com>
> To: "DOUG" <dnt [at] dock.net>
> Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2008 1:08 PM
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Nuclear
>
>
> > Yep. You've got it!
> >
> > The biggest issue with nuclear is the word "nuclear".
> > It scares people to death.  Perhaps we should rename
> > it "friendly" power.  Yea, that's it.  Let's campaign
> > for "friendly fision power".
> >
> > rick
> >
> > --- LtWacko <ltwacko [at] aol.com> wrote:
> >
> > > The key to this working is enough investment in
> > > safety to make the greenies give it the thumbs up.
> > > Then bring down the price of "Mr. Fusion" so I can
> > > cheaply power up my flux capacitor, go back in time
> > > and then buy some oil futures...  naturally I'll use
> > > an F-car rather than that stainless steel rolling
> > > pylon.
> > >
> > > Rodney
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > In a message dated 08/09/08 14:05:44 Central
> > > Daylight Time, ferrari-request [at] ferrarilist.com
> > > writes:
> > > + The only viable solution is nuclear.
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