Thorium energy can help check CO2 and global warming, cut deadly air pollution, provide inexhaustible energy, and increase human prosperity. Our world is beset by global warming, pollution, resource conflicts, and energy poverty. Millions die from coal plant emissions. We war over mideast oil. Food supplies from sea and land are threatened. Developing nations' growth exacerbates the crises. Few nations will adopt carbon taxes or energy policies against their economic self-interests to reduce global CO2 emissions. Energy cheaper than coal will dissuade all nations from burning coal. Innovative thorium energy uses economic persuasion to end the pollution, to provide energy and prosperity to developing nations, and to create energy security for all people for all time. "This book presents a lucid explanation of the workings of thorium-based reactors. It is must reading for anyone interested in our energy future." Leon Cooper, Brown University physicist and 1972 Nobel laureate for superconductivity "As our energy future is essential I can strongly recommend the book for everybody interested in this most significant topic." George Olah, 1994 Nobel laureate for carbon chemistry
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Robert Hargraves has written articles and made presentations about the liquid fluoride thorium reactor and energy cheaper than from coal – the only realistic way to dissuade nations from burning fossil fuels. His presentation “Aim High” about the technology and social benefits of the liquid fluoride thorium reactor has been presented to audiences at Dartmouth ILEAD, Thayer School of Engineering, Brown University, Columbia Earth Institute, Williams College, Royal Institution, the Thorium Energy Alliance, the International Thorium Energy Association, Google, the American Nuclear Society, the President's Blue Ribbon Commission of America’s Nuclear Future, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences. With coauthor Ralph Moir he has written articles for the American Physical Society Forum on Physics and Society: Liquid Fuel Nuclear Reactors (Jan 2011) and American Scientist: Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactors (July 2010). Robert Hargraves is a study leader for energy policy at Dartmouth ILEAD. He was chief information officer at Boston Scientific Corporation and previously a senior consultant with Arthur D. Little. He founded a computer software firm, DTSS Incorporated while at Dartmouth College where he was assistant professor of mathematics and associate director of the computation center. He graduated from Brown University (PhD Physics 1967) and Dartmouth College (AB Mathematics and Physics 1961).
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All engineers, environmentalists and politicians need to read this book.
It sets out all the main energy options (including fossil fuels, renewables and various nuclear) clearly and concisely.
It also deals with energy storage and synthesising liquid fuels including ammonia for transport.
I really enjoyed reading this book.
It prompted me to write a letter to The Times (UK):
"As an engineer and long standing environmental campaigner I now conclude that it is wholly unrealistic to expect people to pay for the true costs of power generation based on renewables. A huge amount of energy storage would be required to cope with intermittent generation. The enormous costs and inefficiencies of this are rarely accounted for.
The only realistic options for tackling climate change are nuclear. A growing body of engineers and environmental campaigners are realising that there are many different nuclear options that could be developed. It is now possible to come close to eliminating long lived radioactive waste using inherently very safe technologies with virtually no risk of nuclear weapons proliferation.
Perhaps the best reactor designs use molten rather than solid fuel, abundant cheap thorium rather than enriched uranium. If you want to know more, search: "liquid fluoride thorium reactor" (LFTR) . If you are a policy maker in the fields or energy, environment or economics I would urge you please to read: "Thorium: Energy Cheaper Than Coal" by R. Hargraves (an informative overview)."
It sets out all the main energy options (including fossil fuels, renewables and various nuclear) clearly and concisely.
It also deals with energy storage and synthesising liquid fuels including ammonia for transport.
I really enjoyed reading this book.
It prompted me to write a letter to The Times (UK):
"As an engineer and long standing environmental campaigner I now conclude that it is wholly unrealistic to expect people to pay for the true costs of power generation based on renewables. A huge amount of energy storage would be required to cope with intermittent generation. The enormous costs and inefficiencies of this are rarely accounted for.
The only realistic options for tackling climate change are nuclear. A growing body of engineers and environmental campaigners are realising that there are many different nuclear options that could be developed. It is now possible to come close to eliminating long lived radioactive waste using inherently very safe technologies with virtually no risk of nuclear weapons proliferation.
Perhaps the best reactor designs use molten rather than solid fuel, abundant cheap thorium rather than enriched uranium. If you want to know more, search: "liquid fluoride thorium reactor" (LFTR) . If you are a policy maker in the fields or energy, environment or economics I would urge you please to read: "Thorium: Energy Cheaper Than Coal" by R. Hargraves (an informative overview)."
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"Thorium: Energy cheaper than coal" is a fantastic fact based book on the problems surrounding our use of Energy, and the alternatives that we can pursue. It is written in a clear and understandable way. I hope many politicians working with Energy policy will read this book!
I am sure it will convince many, that a revision of the current policies is needed.
I am sure it will convince many, that a revision of the current policies is needed.
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This is a must read for people who are concerned with climate change and wish to understand what options are available to combat the deteriorating world climate. Dr. Robert Hargraves discusses the many energy options available and explains why it is critical that the correct energy policies are chosen to avoid a collapse in the civilized world.
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Fine for a meteorologist, but doesn't go on to resolve my questions about global warming models. I suspect that the IPCC gurus and our Met. Read more
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This is a great overview of all the relevant issues in the energy debate. I also provides a good level of detail for the layman.
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