Re: Faster, better, no CO2 - the future of air travel


"Alistair J Murray" <news@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Sewer Rat wrote:

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Known reserves of uranium will be gone within 60 years if we continue
to use it at current rates in the existing types of reactor. Fast
breeders appear to be a dangerous no-no at present.

The issues with fast breeders are entirely political, the technology is
science fact.

Would you have one at the bottom of your garden?


Climate change, however caused, presents interesting technical
challenges; solving these is what man does best.


The clock's ticking, the uranium's going.

--
Sewer Rat

"We're all in it together, kid"
- Archibald "Harry" Tuttle


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