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This is in fact how it works. You are taking a fraction of the mass of the Uranium and turning it into energy. Although limitless is a stretch. Maybe 100,000 ye
by foxyv 2y ago
This is in fact how it works. You are taking a fraction of the mass of the Uranium and turning it into energy. Although limitless is a stretch. Maybe 100,000 years or so of energy with known deposits of thorium and uranium. Solar is a bit closer to "Limitless."
- hinkley 2y agoBy the time solar becomes a problem we have bigger issues. Namely the sun trying to eat the planet.
- foxyv 2y agoExactly! But at time scales over 10k years you may as well say limitless I suppose. By that point you are either extinct or living in O'Neill cylinders at Lagrange points throughout the Solar system and mining asteroids. If not already traveling to other solar systems. I think the safe bet is extinct, given how things are going right now.
- ElectronCharge 2y agoThose “known deposits” don’t include seawater, which is another giant source. It shouldn’t matter anyways, surely fusion will be here sooner rather than later…and possibly LENR.
- foxyv 2y agoNo kidding, and far before that point we will be having to build giant radiators to expel excess thermal energy or risk cooking our planet. The future is going to be absolutely nuts if we don't end up killing everyone.