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[–] HenryCabotLodge 0 points 20 points (+20|-0) ago 

Thorium (90 on periodic chart) can easily run the world for 4,000+ years. The initial cost to build the reactors (molton salt) is high. But, they cannot be waponized and thorium is like DIRT. It is everywhere. Most of China and India have zillions of tons of throium. Most of Nevada is Thorium. Oz has Throium. It can run forever and ever for free. /// Whether apocryphal or not, the fact that J.P. Morgan would not continue to fund Tesla's free energy machine at Wardenclyffe Tower project in NJ, shows that no government (or central bank) is interested in funding "free" energy.

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[–] Redditlostme 0 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago 

The reason the Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor (LIFTR) or Molten Salt Reactor (MSR) was abandoned is completely explained in this documentation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oK6Rs6yFsM There are various reasons. The "free energy" argument is one of them but it is much more complicated.

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[–] Unreasonable 0 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago 

You're still using nuclear material, Uranium, for the power source. However the design of the nuclear reactor is different. With a Thorium shield the reaction can't "run away" like current designs, ie FuckusShima.

A Thorium reactor is like having a gas pedal in your car, the more you press, the faster you go, take your foot off and the car will eventually slow down.

Todays reactors are like having the throttle at max and driving with the brake. This is why they are stupid.

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[–] PGLiterati 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Thomas Pynchon in Against the Day wrote a novel to the full effect of your last sentence.