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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (111690)	5/26/2009 2:47:37 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 541688

How Long Before Uranium Shortages? A long time if we start using breeder reactors. As for demand outpacing supply before/without wide spread use of breeder reactors. The price has dropped sharply ( uxc.com ) so it seems more that things are moving in the other direction. Looked at in the longer run, and prices are well below their real historical averages uxc.com The general decline among smaller producers may have a lot to do with all that Russian military supply that was dumped in to the market causing the smaller less efficient producers to drop out. Bring the price back above $100/pound and there should be some change here, or if supplies really are tighter than $200 or more a lb.

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (111690)	7/22/2009 1:00:43 PM
From: cosmicforce	Respond to of 541688

Most resources would have a peak. Uranium is not really different. The low hanging fruit is efficiency. If cars went from 15 to 30 mpg, that is equivalent of doubling the supply. Other countries are not going to be able to become giant "mini-Me" copies of the US. There is precedent. Columbia had one of the most advanced telephone systems in the world, leapfrogging our technology and they never ran pairs of copper wire. This saved huge money in infrastructure cost, environmental cost, and operational cost.