It seems China is starting to look at moving away from coal fired power stations to new cleaner energy using Thorium in a TMSR (Thorium Molten-Salt Reactor). Plans are in place for a reactor to be up and running in 20 years.
This technology has been in use for some time. It has advantages in scalability as well as the fact it produces very little Plutonium as a by product.
While we turn towards technology like wind turbines and praying for wind the Chinese are picking up the mantle of technology innovator. When we start to go dark and cold they will be lighting and powering areas for the first time in history.
It isn’t too late for us to embrace this technology yet ourselves and avoid this fate. The sacrifice of a few greens and politicians will be worth it.
In fact the sacrifice of all the greens and enviro-wonks as well as most of the politicians and civil servants would be the ideal way to get the country up and running in a scientific and technological way.
Unfortunately I can’t see that happening before the revolution but even that might be in the wind if the middle east is anything to go by and it translates to all those in the country that feel discriminated against.
The wheel keeps turning.
I’ve always found it sad that many innocents get caught up in these things but in the scheme of things it is small change considering the total that get caught up in government action. Plus, I never bought into enviroloonies, council jobsworths and politicians as innocent but deluded. I will shed no tears over them.