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THORIUM Nuclear Power: A Practical Alternative to Uranium Fission - It Makes a Low Amount of Radioactive Waste, Unlikely to Meltdown, Abundant Fuel.

In 2021, Russia provided US nuclear utilities with 14 percent of their uranium purchases. We Can Mine Our Own Thorium... 

Thorium fuel cycles offer attractive features, including lower levels of waste generation, less transuranic elements in that waste, and providing a diversification option for nuclear fuel supply. Also, the use of thorium in most reactor types leads to extra safety margins.

Thorium-based nuclear power generation is fueled primarily by the nuclear fission of the isotope uranium-233 produced from the fertile element thorium. A thorium fuel cycle can offer several potential advantages over a uranium fuel cycle[Note 1]—including the much greater abundance of thorium found on Earth, superior physical and nuclear fuel properties, and reduced nuclear waste production. One advantage of thorium fuel is its low weaponization potential; it is difficult to weaponize the uranium-233/232 and plutonium-238 isotopes that are largely consumed in thorium reactors.

China prepares to test thorium-fueled nuclear reactor...
Scientists are excited about an experimental nuclear reactor using thorium as fuel, which is about to begin tests in China. Although this radioactive element has been trialled in reactors before, experts say that China is the first to have a shot at commercializing the technology.

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The Thorium Dream

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Thorium: An Energy Solution

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Thorium Reactor Diagram

Andrew Yang Wants a Thorium Reactor by 2027.

How to Build a Better Rocket Ship to go to Outer Space.

Use an airplane to Take a Rocket Near Outer Space

Why Not Take the Rocket Far up into the Sky Using an Airplane? Then the Rocket wouldn't have to Burn So Much Fuel in order to Get to Outer Space. That Fuel is HEAVY and You Have to Burn More Fuel to Lift It... and Burn More Fuel to Lift THAT Fuel...

Better Rocket Ship to the Moon
Or maybe Helium Balloons?

I was watching a Launch from Cape Canaveral this Morning and was Amazed at all the FIRE Needed to Get to Space. Burning Fossil Fuel? Hydrogen? Causing Air Pollution and Climate Change... That ERA is OVER... Traveling Using Dead Dino Juice... 

Womanned mission to the moon - absurd!

If we sent Robots to the Moon they could dig 20 foot deep holes and find out what's down there. Metal, Water... Hollow? We Just Don't Know! and We have Barely Scratched the Surface... 

another thing Robots could do on the Moon is Build Houses, Factories and Clear Domes to Grow Food In. If We are Ever to Colonize the Stars, We will need to build a Rocket Ship Factory on the Moon. Starting at Earth is Difficult because of the Strong Gravity. Starting on the Moon is Much Easier because it has 1/6th Earth Gravity. 

Making Plans Using Facts or Thinking is a Great Idea... Just Making Whiners Happy Usually Doesn't Lead to Making the Best Plans... A Womanned Mission to the Moon is Absurd!
But, But, But All the People That Walked on the Moon Were White Men! When Will Women Get to Go? This Next Trip Has to have a Woman, a Person of Color, a GBLT+Q, a Native American, Sulu from Star Trek and an EYE OF NEWT!

Never Tried Thinking? Well, Today would Be a Great Day to Wake Up and Notice Reality! 
Divine Purpose Global Awakening - gvan42

Hey TrumpNiks® Why Not Wake the F*CK UP?

Warrior Monk - Lt Jim Channon
I Want to Learn Telekinesis so I can Journey on a Magic Carpet and Sabotage Nuclear Power Plants. Vogtle, Diablo Canyon... Just MELT The Microchips in the Control Room...
https://archive.org/details/FirstEarthBattalionManual/

Omni Directional Thought - Lt Jim Channon


We Must Evolve from Energy Hunter-Gatherers to Become Energy Farmers. - Quote from SchatzLab at Humboldt State University - Arcata, California

THEY INVENTED THE HYDROGEN FUEL CELL -
a Handy Way to Store Electricity Generated
by Solar for Use at Night.

http://www.schatzlab.org/

Hydrogen Fuel Cell - Schatz Lab HSU

Bicycle Power Generator converts human fat into electricity. Simply Use an Exercise Bicycle to Drive an Automobile Alternator with a Belt... Store Electricity in a Car Battery...

Bicycle power generator. Convert human fat into electricity

Electric Power Generator for bicycle electricity 12 VAC standard automobile battery charging system. 

Electric Power Generator for bicycle electricity 12 VAC standard automobile battery charging system. photo by Gregory Vanderlaan/ Tour Northern California. Solar Oven CCAT Bart Orlando Samba Parade Humboldt State University Arcata California

What if we installed electric power generators on every exercise bicycle nationwide... We could replace coal burning power plants and help reverse global warming/climate change. These bicycles let a person spin an automobile alternator using pedal power. Built by CCAT at Humboldt State University


12 volt bicycle generator built by Bart Orlando od the Campus Center for Appropriate Technology Humboldt State University Arcata CA
What if EVERY health club had these? What if rowing machines, treadmills, weight lifting and stair steppers had Generators? We Have the technology... Designed by Humboldt State University Campus Center for Appropriate Technology. 


https://www.facebook.com/campuscenterforappropriatetechnology/photos_stream

http://kjcoop.com/~bart/galleries/pedalpower/index.htm

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Writings of Justin Duff Vanderlaan - My Father - How the Airplane got to Oak Meadow Park Los Gatos California...

I Took My Parents to the Iran-Contra Hearings at the US Capital. General Secord Testifying. Exciting! I was really glad to take Mom and Dad to a place that they had fun at.

Dad's 90th Birthday Party in Los Gatos, California - Justin Duff Vanderlaan Family Photographs

Vanderlaan Family Photographs from Our Book - "Ancestors Memories and Simple Gifts" - The History of the Vanderlaan Family - and Many Many More Pictures I Found Online!




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Generate Electricity and Clean Drinking Water AT THE SAME TIME. A Solar Powered Desalinization Plant Would Convert Seawater into Energy, Pure H2O and NaCl.


solar powered desalinization factory diagram gvan42 greg vanderlaan
Diagram of How to Build a Solar Powered Desalinization Factory

There has been a LOT of Groundbreaking Engineering into building Desalinization Plants that use Solar Power to Pump the Seawater out of the Ocean and use MEMBRANE PURIFICATION to actually remove the salt... That's the same Reverse Osmosis Technology that is used at the Drinking Water Machines you see in front of Liquor Stores... 

Solar Oven by Humboldt State University's CCAT
https://ccat.humboldt.edu/




We ought to tell our Senators and Representatives that Solar Powered Desalinization is a Good Idea and a Practical Way to Solve The Problem of Not Enough Fresh Water for Drinking, Showering, Watering Crops, Filling Swimming Pools, Lawns and Making Ice Cubes for a Scotch on the Rocks... 

Maybe they just don't know... 

Use this Link to Contact your US Senators...
https://www.senate.gov/senators/How_to_correspond_senators.htm
and use This one for Representatives in the House...
https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative

HSU CCAT Bart Orlando Solar Ovens - Humboldt State University in Arcata, CA
HSU CCAT Bart Orlando Solar Ovens
Students, Volunteers at the Campus Center For Appropriate Technology at Humboldt State University
Students, Volunteers at the Campus Center For Appropriate Technology at Humboldt State University
Pastels on the Plaza - Hills and Stairs University - Arcata, CA
Pastels on the Plaza - Hills and Stairs University - Arcata, CA 
Firedancers Spell CCAT at HSU - Humboldt State University Arcata, CA
Firedancers Spell CCAT at HSU
Bicycle Power Electricity Generator - Bart Orlando in Hat - HSU CCAT
Bicycle Power Electricity Generator - Bart Orlando in Hat - HSU CCAT
Bicycle Power Electricity Generator  - HSU CCAT - mobile power plant used to power rock concert public address systems and Speakers
Bicycle Power Electricity Generator  - HSU CCAT - mobile power plant used to power rock concert public address systems and Speakers
HSU Marching Lumberjacks Band on Clam Beach near Arcata, CA
HSU Marching Lumberjacks Band on Clam Beach near Arcata, CA
NO NUKES - Solar, Biomass and Wind is a Practical Alternative To the Death Atomic Chernobyl, Fukushima and TMI
NO NUKES - Solar, Biomass and Wind is a Practical Alternative To the Death Atomic Chernobyl, Fukushima and TMI 
My Painting of a Flying Heart on a Little White Truck. The Internal Combustion Engine Was a FUN Era But it is Killing Us. STOP!
My Painting of a Flying Heart on a Little White Truck.
The Internal Combustion Engine Was a FUN Era
But it is Killing Us. STOP!

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Wilson Creek Near the Oregon Border - Pacific Ocean by gvan42 Gregory Vanderlaan
Wilson Creek Near the Oregon Border

Pacific Ocean Near Trinidad, CA  by gvan42 Gregory Vanderlaan
  Pacific Ocean Near Trinidad, CA


Pacific Ocean Near Trinidad, CA  by gvan42 Gregory Vanderlaan   Pacific Ocean Near Trinidad, CA

Pacific Ocean Near the Oregon Border in California... Wilson Creek... I used to Drive from Eureka to Brookings Every week to buy an ounce of weed... and I stopped here every time... and I never Smoked any weed until I got home... Dangerous Driving on Highway 101... The Road was Very Bright in the Sunshiny Meadows and then Very Dark in the Redwoods... I was Driving Blind until my Eyes Adjusted...

Greetings: Here are 20 simple ideas for making the world a better place. #1 Solar Powered Desalinization - Change Seawater into Drinking Water


1. We ought to build a giant solar power desalinization plant in Southern California. Convert Seawater into drinking water, salt and electricity.  It would use solar reflectors to boil seawater and create steam. That steam would be used to drive turbines and create electricity. When the water cools it condenses into pure H2O and salt. The water would be sold to people for drinking, washing, watering livestock and watering plants. The salt could be sold or returned to the ocean if there are not enough customers... Camp Pendleton near San Diego would be an ideal location. Southern California is in need of water. There is a current proposal to use pipelines to move fresh water from the Sacramento River to be used by farmers and residents in SoCal. An alternative would be to just get the water from the ocean... There is an engineering break thru using solar power to pump the water out of the ocean but using membranes to do the purification. That's the same technology that is used in those drinking water dispensers you see out front of Liquor Stores.

We should also stop watering lawns in California. It's a cultural norm that is not practical in a state that is suffering drought. What if it became fashionable to have rock gardens or cactus? That's what they do in Arizona...

2. Convert human fat into electricity using exercise bicycle power generators. The kinetic energy created by people pedaling can be converted into electricity by using an alternator, diode and battery. Many people use stationary bicycles for exercise and these currently unused sources of power could be used to create electricity. People could sell the electricity to the power company.

3. We ought to cut spending at the Department of Defense and use the money for valuable projects. Simply stop the wars in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Africa and all those secret locations. Bring the soldiers and the weapons home. We currently waste a vast fortune on wars that accomplish nothing. We could spend the trillions currently wasted on Medicare for all, infrastructure, teacher's salaries or school supplies. Remember that the US Military has not DEFENDED the USA since 1945. We have only invaded other countries... Often, our invasions cause disaster. For Example: When we helped Saddam Hussein become President and then blew up Iraq. Not a brilliant idea. Then we left stockpiles of weapons that were stolen by ISIS, Arming Terrorists. If we had just stayed home we could have saved six trillion dollars... The War in Afghanistan is impossible to win. Why not "Declare Victory", bring the troops home and have big parades?

4. We ought to legalize and tax marijuana nationwide. Release all cannabis prisoners. This would reduce government spending and increase VOLUNTARY taxes collected. The prisoners could spend their time working for a living and supporting their own families. That would reduce the costs of welfare and food stamps.

5. We ought to impeach Trump. He is taking the country in the wrong direction. His agenda is to cut taxes for the rich and reduce pollution control costs in corporations. He wants to increase drilling for oil, gas and coal mining. That causes more pollution. Burning fossil fuels causes global warming. Climate Change will make large parts of the USA uninhabitable. The Gulf Coast and the East Coast will have hurricanes every year. The destruction will become more than we are able to repair.

6. We ought to fund basic research into clean energy projects. Better electric cars, solar energy, wind energy and wave/tidal power plants. Better batteries... Better air conditioners... We are fighting for our lives. This should be funded like The Manhattan Project of World War Two or the Moon Landing.

7. We ought to reduce the amount of electricity used. Marijuana farms often use grow lights indoors to simulate sunshine needed for plants to grow. We could simply move all farms outdoors. These indoor farms often use stolen power that is unregulated. I have seen explosions at the Humboldt Bay power plant due to unforeseen surges of electricity use. The criminals tap the power on the street side of the power meter to avoid paying for electricity. That makes the power companies guess about consumption and how big transformers need to be. Another way to reduce demand is to teach people that transformers consume electricity even when not being used if they are connected to the wall outlet. We should teach people that a power strip with an on/off switch can cut their bill.

8. We ought to reduce the amount of gasoline used by commuters by moving the office closer to home. Every day people commute to work and if corporations moved the location of office buildings to residential locations, we would save gas, increase time spent away from work and increase happiness of workers. For Example: Silicon Valley and San Francisco have many jobs for people that create software. The tech corporations have headquarters where the employees work. People drive many miles thru traffic jams to get to those headquarters. A better plan would be to split the corporate headquarterss to many different locations in the suburbs. The people could co-ordinate their labor using the internet. The price of housing in Silicon Valley is very expensive in comparison to towns in the central valley. People should pay attention to commute time as an important factor in selecting a job. Currently people pay attention to pay rate, benefits and child care when selecting which job to take. They ought to have a choice of shorter commutes as well. It's an insane waste of time to drive to work. Riding the bus is much more fun.

9. We ought to change the EPA from Enabling Pollution Agency to Environmental Protection Agency. Under the Trump Administration we have seen a reduction of enforcement of laws prohibiting corporations from polluting the environment. Scott Pruitt wants to cut the costs corporations pay for ecology. And in a bizarre twist, he wants to change the rules for scientific research to prohibit health studies that protect the privacy of the people studied. HIPPA requires health information to remain private in any study of people's health. He also wants to prohibit reports from scientists that do business with the EPA while allowing reports from people hired by lobbyists. This would shift the reports in favor of polluting companies.

10. We ought to outlaw assault rifles. We outlawed machine guns and hand grenades in 1934. There is no need for assault rifles. NRA members often say that they need guns for hunting... So, we ought to allow rifles but not assault rifles. NRA members often say we need guns to protect our families... So, pistols can protect our families. We do not need bazookas, rocket launchers or anti-aircraft guns... We ought to protect our citizens from insane gunmen with assault rifles. Las Vegas, Columbine and Florida would not have been a mass murder without absurd firepower. Remember, when you have a gun in the home there is an increase in the chances of a gun accident. Suicide, shooting a family member during an argument and kids playing with guns actually increase the danger at home. NRA members say that we need guns to defend ourselves from the government. In a "Police State" the government keeps the people enslaved by first, taking away all the guns. They point to the USSR as an example. However, the police and US Army have vastly superior firepower and any defense of liberty by We The People is doomed to fail. Remember WACO and Ruby Ridge?

11. Police ought to stop murdering black men. Not only is it morally wrong to commit murder but it costs the taxpayers a lot of money. There is very little murder of white people by police but the culture of the police force seems to encourage murder of blacks. We ought to replace metal bullets with rubber bullets in all of our police forces. Rubber bullets do not kill people but they do cause a suspect to fall down and become easy to handcuff.

12. Remove corporate money from politics. Individual real people should be allowed to contribute to candidate's election fund but artificial "people" like corporations should be prohibited. They are only used to allow rich people to exceed limits of how much money anyone can contribute. This leads to what is in effect bribery. Politicians do what they are paid to do... pass laws that benefit the rich at the expense of the middle class and poor. What we have now is one dollar one vote not one man one vote like the founding fathers wanted. PAC (political action committees) are another way to allow rich people to exceed limits.

13. Legalize Medicinal Psychedelics. Let Doctors and Patients decide what drugs are beneficial treatment. There is a body of medical research that says some illegal drugs help people with mental health problems. For Example: Termanilly Ill people who fear their own death could be given psychedelics to ease their fear. That would be compassionate... What is gained by prohibition? The patients are going to die anyway... We simply do not know enough about health benefits to make an informed decision about medicinal psychedelics. We ought to learn.

14. Make companies that sell addictive opioid drugs pay extra taxes to fund treatment for patients that want to quit using their drugs. They caused a problem and profited by it... they should pay to clean up the mess.

15. We ought to take action to defend our elections. The Russians interfered with our election in 2016 causing Trump to win. Without Wikileaks, Trump would have lost. We also should stop using the electoral college. Majority Rule is a better system. Twice we have had the loser in the Presidential Election serve as President. Both times were disasters.

16. Free birth control and abortion for all. No one should be forced to give birth to an unwanted child. Choice should be available to anyone including people who cannot afford it.

17. Outlaw fracking. It causes drinking water pollution. The only people who benefit are the stockholders of oil companies. Water pollution causes health problems... real people get sick...

18. Outlaw ROUNDUP herbicide. It causes cancer. This chemical is widely used in the farming of California's central valley. Non Hodgskin's lymphoma is killing real people who work on the farms.

19. Close all Nuclear Power Plants. They create Atomic Waste that stays Radioactive for thousands of years. AND POISONOUS... The waste has to be stored safely and guarded to prevent terrorists from building a "Dirty Bomb" using the Depleted Uranium. Vast salaries will be spent on Armed Security Guards and warehouses.

20. Teach "Critical Thinking" in High School. Knowing when someone is lying to you is a valuable survival skill.
Introduce students to "Logical Fallacies" so they will be able to recognise them.

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