Obama primary opponent Bob Greene: Calif. man has energy plan for U.S. for next 1000 years [View all]

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DOVER — Democratic presidential candidate Bob Greene is hoping to use his lesser known campaign to raise awareness of greener energy sources he says could provide energy for the next 1,000 years for Americans.

Born and raised in Massachusetts, he received his Ph.D. in physics at the University of Wyoming. He currently lives in Mountain View, Calif., but when he made the decision to push his position on cleaner energy policies, he opted to put down the $1,000 and take a stab at running for president.

This is Greene's first time running, and he's not sure if it's his last, but he certainly wants the world to know his position on thorium — a natural radioactive chemical element he hopes can change the nation's dependence on foreign oil.

A piece of thorium the size of a golf ball would be enough to provide energy for one person for their lifetime, he said.

"I see this as an issue of national security," he said. "We can stop oil wars if we do this. We can change our import economy to an export economy."

He said if such a plan went through, he could see it rejuvenating the manufacturing industry in America with new jobs to create these plants.

Source:
http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20111230/GJNEWS_01/712309949

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Obama completely ignored the huge potential of LFTR to make America energy independent ( http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/7970619/Obama-could-kill-fossil-fuels-overnight-with-a-nuclear-dash-for-thorium.html ), and his energy policy was not much of a policy at all. This candidate endorses a truly progressive energy vision to once again put America on the world forefront of energy innovation.
If not, we will have to buy it from the Chinese, who already started their LFTR development program.

More info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_fluoride_thorium_reactor