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On 2006-05-26 15:08:38, leeboy13 wrote:
Jim thats quite interesting..... why do you think its teh way forward? Isnt there a high risk of problems if its not exactly right?
Here is why (copy and paste from the site):
First of all, fusion is an almost limitless fuel supply. The basic fuels are distributed widely around the globe. Deuterium is abundant and can be extracted easily from sea water. Lithium, from which tritium can be produced, is a readily available light metal in the Earth´s crust.
Fusion produces no greenhouse gas emissions. Fusion power plants will not generate gases such as carbon dioxide that cause global warming and climate change, nor other gases that have damaging effects on the environment.
Fusion is suitable for the large-scale electricity production required for the increasing energy needs of large cities. A single fusion power station could generate electricity for two million households.
Waste from fusion will not be a long-term burden on future generations. Only metal parts close to the fusion plasma will become radioactive. Any radioactive waste generated will be small in volume and the radioactivity will decay over several decades with the possibility of reuse after about 100 years.
No transport of radioactive materials is required in the day-to-day operation of a fusion power station, as the intermediate fuel tritium is produced and consumed within the power plant.
The fusion reaction is inherently safe. Only about two grams of fuel is present in the plasma vessel, enough for a few seconds of "burn". As fusion is not a chain reaction, the reaction can never run out of hand.
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Posted: 2006-05-26 15:41:53
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sounds grand matey.... but whats 'your' views on it... (i aint trying to be funny there mate), just looking for user opinions.... i could very well of just spent the day surfing up all the info, but i figured it could be a good topic of debate and also it may actually get people thinking green
Why are there not many fusion stations around now? are there plans to be....
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Posted: 2006-05-26 15:45:43
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Because it's new technologies, the plasma has to be at 100 million °C. Only now we can achieve that and ITER is a test reactor, meaning that in 2050 we might see the first fusion plants.
No other type of green energy can match that power. Of course fusion is not the solution to our energy problems, everything that consume energy have to get a better output. LED is a great example, allmost all the electric power is transformed into light.
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Posted: 2006-05-26 15:55:14
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i see mate..... well its look promising for teh future dont it
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Posted: 2006-05-26 15:57:24
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