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A thread for those who think we're going to be importing lots of hydrogen over vast distances.
1. Shipping liquid hydrogen is not going to be a thing. To understand why, you need to understand that hydrogen is basically liquid, -253C escapey, explodey expanded polystyrene.
Electrek Green Energy Brief: "Tesla’s Q1 financial results have drawn a lot of attention in the past few days. Not to be ignored are the company’s decreasing revenues in its “energy generation and storage” category, which fell 13% from Q4... thorconpower.com/economics/
U of Chicago report: “cost per metric ton of CO2 abated exceeds $130” -- The cost of mandated sourcing of electric power from wind and solar (renewable portfolio standards) far exceeds the social cost of carbon.
ThorCon provides clean,... thorconpower.com/economics
Report: "...from 1961 to 2010, global warming decreased the per capita wealth in the world's poorest countries by about 17% to 30%."
pnas.org/content/early/2019/…
ThorCon's objective is to increase the prosperity... thorconpower.com/impact
This Earth Day support ThorCon cheap, reliable, CO2-free power. Post a note about the environmental impact of ThorCon replacing 574 gigawatts of planned new coal plants. thorconpower.com/environment… staging.thorconpower.com/env…
All the waste from 450 MW’s of nuclear power for 28 years.
If coal plant ash for the same energy was placed on this pad, it would be a column 2000 m high.
If solar panel waste for the same energy... facebook.com/ThoriumEnergyCh…
Compared to life's real risks, I'd say radiation is nothing to worry about. Read for yourself.... ejournal.abqjournal.com/infi…
What, do you suppose, was the total cost for 10 MW peak for 13 years?
windpoweroffshore.com/articl… windpoweroffshore.com/articl…
Authors Goldstein, Qvist, and Pinker are reputable professionals not given to hype, so please absorb their message.
nytimes.com/2019/04/06/opini… nytimes.com/2019/04/06/opini…
" Southeast Asian coal demand is forecast to rise 5% yearly through 2023 " ThorCon energy cheaper than coal can displace this continuing rise in coal-fired... asia.nikkei.com/Business/Mar…
EDF moves into the hydrogen market - World Nuclear News world-nuclear-news.org/Artic…
$500/29kWh over 10 years 100% daily use amortizes to 14 cents/kWh (plus the cost of electricity to charge the battery).
I compute $500/kWh for 29 kWh of 2 Tesla Powerwalls for $14,500 (DIY install). tesla.com/powerwall tesla.com/sites/default/file…
You believe this? "levelized cost of electricity,[1] or LCOE, for lithium-ion batteries has fallen 35% to $187 per megawatt-hour" about.bnef.com/blog/battery-…
You believer this? "The cost of batteries has been declining so unexpectedly rapidly that renewables plus battery storage are now cheaper than even natural gas plants" thinkprogress.org/renewable-…
