Saturday, May 10, 2025

SMR's now

The move away from globalization is being challenged by the establishment and this can best be seen in the way the world is approaching climate change. The two competing ideas of wind and solar verses fossil fuels are both pro globalists. Fossil fuels contaminate the air with heavy metals like mercury, lead and arsenic along with nitrates and sulfates that create acid rain. In addition, they add CO2 to increase temperatures. Wind and solar contaminate the ground water with the same chemicals plus other poisons but without CO2. The answer is small nuclear reactors (SMR’s) which contaminate neither. These new reactors are fail safe, produce far less by products and can use up existing waste. Used in combination with the new gas turbine they produce low-cost electric power. In addition, synthetic gasoline, diesel and jet fuel can be made without the damaging chemicals. The CO2 is extracted from the air and returned to the air and these products are made with the same size molecules meaning more efficient burn. Synthetic fuels much like today’s synthetic oil are more efficient and can replace transportation needs of cars, trains and planes. Many private companies are financing their own SMR’s. The government can review and remove many regulations that were set in place for safety reasons which are no longer needed for the new reactors and this will speed up construction and lower cost. The hang up is the establishment which profits from the current system and provides financial benefits to certain groups. SMR’s use electric power to change water into hydrogen and oxygen by electrolysis and the hydrogen can be combined with CO2 to create transportation fuels using the Fischer-Tropsch process. The CO2 is neutral since it is extracted from the air and returned to the air. The hydrogen can also be used directly as a fuel. The SMR’s run continuously for years and the fuel supply is almost unlimited using both uranium and thorium. Neither the reactor or the turbine use any water and can be manufactured on an assembly line basis and shipped to the use point meaning no long distance power lines. As more power is needed additional units are added.

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