So did China get these pilot plants up in 2020 as they planned per this 2017 article? (Reply #5)

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Tue Mar 30, 2021, 02:02 PM

Hugh_Lebowski (31,117 posts)

5. So did China get these pilot plants up in 2020 as they planned per this 2017 article?

And do we have significant Th reserves here in the USA, or at least N. America?

I'd hope so since basing our energy future on fuel we don't actually possess seems ... risky.

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9 replies	Author	Time	Post
Thorium based nuclear power is the best choice for our energy future not wind or solar [View all]	thx64536	Mar 2021	OP
Just to note. China is also investing more then $360 billion into renewable energy.	CentralMass	Mar 2021	#1
The thing about renewables - they don't need any fuel	Blues Heron	Mar 2021	#2
Agree! Other countries are out pacing us with wind, solar and wave. They aren't talking about	PortTack	Mar 2021	#8
I think it will be a mix	exboyfil	Mar 2021	#3
Are nuclear and renewables like wind/solar supposed to be mutually exclusive?	kysrsoze	Mar 2021	#4
Agree 100% ... batteries as it stands are an expensive solution to intermittency problems	Hugh_Lebowski	Mar 2021	#6
So did China get these pilot plants up in 2020 as they planned per this 2017 article?	Hugh_Lebowski	Mar 2021	#5
I call bullshit. He is a con-man, selling hype to people who don't know how a reactor works:	DetlefK	Mar 2021	#7
They use gas to remove the heat	Hokie	Mar 2021	#9

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