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An alternative source for biofuel

This has got to be one of the coolest things I've seen in a while. To date, while perhaps well intentioned Biofuels have not been a realistic option, they require too much land and too many resources to produce too little fuel, not to mention the overall question of burning food in our cars.

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[budhaboy.livejournal.com]

My pic?

Pebble Bed Nuclear Reactor

From there, go full electic cars, or fuel cells where the hydrogen is made from nuclear generated electric power.

Sure you've got to still deal with the spent fuel, but the beauty of these babies are:

1) Self regulating due to the physics of the fuel
2) Nitrogen, not water is used to turn the turbines... This has two positive effects:
2a) Nitrogen won't pick up radioactivity.
2b) Nitrogen won't rust the pipes.

In sort: It physically can't melt down, and since you don't have to drain the radioactive water, or maintain the pipes for the water they are relatively maintenance free, and VERY safe. Sure you've still go to deal with the waste, but what's worse: spent nuclear fuel, global warming. There is still risk of terroist attacks, but since they can't melt down, you can totally bury them in a bunker.

[plural.livejournal.com]

agreed