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To: Snowshoe who wrote (113709)	10/4/2015 1:33:53 AM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217564

I expect China's role in electric car battery to be as strong as for LED, solar cell, etc, as I do for electric car I expect full-spectrum strong, just per math of market size and political effectiveness I see no reason why strong would not be the case for space this and planetary that per virtuous rising spiral Additionally, whereas solar can be stand-alone, I see all sorts of reasons to network solar with grid

To: Snowshoe who wrote (113709)	11/3/2015 7:23:04 PM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217564

more good news re energy-exporting future scmp.com Beam of hope: Thermal reactor breakthrough in Beijing may help China deal with nuclear waste problem while removing meltdown threat Chinese scientists have moved a step closer to being able to run a nuclear reactor without generating a chain reaction, a development that could remove the risk of a meltdown while also getting rid of masses of nuclear waste in a faster and safer way. All reactors today rely on chain reactions, but these can spiral out of control and result in massive explosions, as was the case with the Chernobyl disaster in Ukraine in 1986. They also generate large amounts of radioactive waste that can take millions of years to safely biodegrade. READ MORE: China’s nuclear power equipment makers deserve a closer look, say analystsThe Chinese team experimented with a new approach to resolve both issues by working on proton beams that could potentially be used in a sub-critical reactor. Nuclear scientists have dreamed of building one of these for decades, but until now they remain a theoretical construct due to various scientific challenges. A particle accelerator operates as an external source of neutrons for a sub-critical reactor. This process of generating nuclear fuel does not involve any - potentially dangerous - chain reactions. Photo: Belgian Nuclear Research Centre The Chinese team used an external high-energy proton beam to generate and sustain the process of nuclear fission. As a result, the nuclear fuel stopped burning as soon as the beam was cut off. This removes the risk of chain reaction, which is used by today’s reactors to sustain nuclear fission, or the splitting of atoms. Moreover, the proton beam was able to generate neurons fast enough to burn off other fissile material – such as thorium and the waste generated by commercial reactors – after hitting its target. This was hailed an important nuclear “waste-disposal” measure. “We are really excited,” said Professor Pan Weimin, lead scientist of the Chinese Accelerator Driven System project at the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Institute of High Energy Physics in Beijing. “We have solved the problem of getting the [reactor’s] ‘engine’ up and running from a cold start,” he added. Pan used the automobile analogy of starting up an old car engine on a cold day because of the comparable difficulties in generating a proton beam. Once up and running, it operates smoothly, but getting that initial “blast off” can be problematic. READ MORE: China begins nationwide nuclear safety checks after deadly Tianjin explosionsIn order to “get the engine started” smoothly, the Chinese team successfully conducted an experiment in Beijing in October. A labourer collects plastic bags on a dust screen covering construction waste near a power plant in Zhengzhou, Henan province in this file photo. China Power Investment Corp is merging with the State Nuclear Power Technology Corp, as Beijing drives consolidation in its rapidly expanding nuclear power sector with the aim of eventually exporting reactors. Photo: Reuters In technical terms, they were able to stably accelerate a beam of very slow-moving protons at a current of 10 milliamps to 6.04 milli-electron volts, according to a statement on the website of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. That meant they were able to achieve the initial “blast off” needed to get a sub-critical reactor going, Pan said. The breakthrough removed a major technological obstacle that has hindered the construction of this as-yet paper-based reactor. “We built a brand new nuclear ‘engine’,” he said. “It isn’t running at full throttle yet, but it’s up and cruising in a stable manner.” Meanwhile, China’s central government has been mulling an ambitious plan to try and make a sub-critical reactor a reality in a coastal city in southern Guangdong province. Pan and other nuclear physicists in China have been involved in this project. Pan said his team has submitted their proposed full-sized accelerator-driven reactor to the authorities and are awaiting – or hoping for - approval. With the recent pace of technological development, Pan expressed confidence that the new-generation power plant could be built within a decade. READ MORE: China agrees one-third stake in British nuclear project But other Chinese researchers claim his solution may not be the best one, as there are other designs of new reactors and different methodologies. “The proton accelerator is a very large and sophisticated system, but it is too early to say whether their method is better than ours,” said one physicist, who declined to give his name. This man’s team has been working on a different way of accelerating protons at the Nuclear Reactor Physics Laboratory in Lanzhou, the capital city of Gansu province in Northwest China. The idea of a sub-critical reactor was first proposed by American physicist Earnest Lawrence in the 1950s. It attracted international interest thanks to the support of Carlo Rubbia, a co-winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1984. But they have proven a tough nut to crack. In addition to the problem of generating powerful and stable proton beams, there are numerous other structural and mechanical challenges yet to be solved. In tackling these, China also faces competition from other countries. Japan demonstrated a prototype in 2009 and Europe has announced plans to build an industrial-scale reactor called Myrrha by 2023, even though delays are expected. Moreover, this kind of reactor is just one of several possible options for the future of nuclear power generation. Competing designs include a “fast reactor” and “molten salt reactor”.

To: Snowshoe who wrote (113709)	10/20/2021 7:53:03 AM
From: TobagoJack	Respond to of 217564

Re <<solar>> Ultra bullish. Following up this below, harvest time straight ahead, per imperatives leading to solutions even as pole-climbers cannot envision same Am guessing China can and might choose to wrestle back production of BTC #hash when need to, to complete the work outs w/r to below, all depending on how deeply and intricately BTC is weaved into the monetary Double Helix of the like-minded, as the Dollar is an imperative of China’s Message 33528023 Carbon energy Semiconductor, and Dollar All happening Message 33537860 China on verge of a solar power tipping point, study finds China on cusp of massively expanding export of energy Message 33536670 just as the world about to go dark, very dark: True at this juncture, but at cusp of huge change, because God ratio (a China term) shall soon be reached and when so, the cost of distributed solar energy in higher latitudes shall be less than the cost of transmission of thermal electric energy, am told. And now, am guessing, we can recalibrate way-point for trajectory to 2026, then 2032, a/k/a TeoTwawKi and Darkest Interregnum. Cooperative play shall get the planet to a good spot faster and easier, but looking like Per <<<<Dark Side of China>>>> Message 33528023 See if we might connect the dots to make sense of some recent happenings The decisive moves to save the world well underway, per forecast fromfrom 2015 Message 30261118 given the simultaneous energy equations, together w/ the funding dimensions, and joined w/ the belt and road that would facilitate the grand unification of eurasia and africa, the econosphere that would be impossible without technology becomes not only possible but likely, imo