Heroes and villains of 2011Who were your heroes or villains of the last year, and why? Who inspired you? Who had you kicking the cat across the room? They don't have to be well known, you might even want to laud the achievements of your binman. (Note that "Nick Clegg nuff said" answers puts you straight onto our naughty list)
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 29 Dec 2011, 15:05)
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Thorium reactors are the way forward -or at least a stopgap until really effective solar and fusion power become possibilities.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorium#Thorium_as_a_nuclear_fuel
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Fri 30 Dec 2011, 13:32,
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That has all the hallmarks of a ranty 'look what big-oil is hiding' persecution complex.
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Just Googled Thorium Reactorwww.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/ambroseevans_pritchard/8393984/Safe-nuclear-does-exist-and-China-is-leading-the-way-with-thorium.html
Sounds interesting. To think we could be investing in this rather than poxy wind farms.
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But cheap electricity is right-wing and causes cancer.(
The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Sat 31 Dec 2011, 2:38,
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Particularly as it's about as common as lead.(
The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Sat 31 Dec 2011, 2:37,
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I've been saying this for a while.Also: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polywell
Looks very promising. Some say that it must be working well (the US Navy tends to keep the results under its hat for some time before releasing them to the public) as work on naval railguns is now progressing apace. The thing holding those up was the lack of electrical power on warships.
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Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...", Sat 31 Dec 2011, 3:10,
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