[Shutsanonofre] Fusion reactors: Not what they’re cracked up to be

[do pfa]

We need to think outside the barrel altogether. Industrial hemp is one of
the most viable solutions for saving the planet. Homes made of hempcrete, a
simple mix of hemp hurds (the center cellulose product of mechanically
processed hemp stalks), water, and a hydrated lime binder creates buildings
that need little to no heating or air conditioning, are virtually
fireproof, waterproof, and antimicrobial. Using industrial hemp for paper
(makes four times the paper than trees in 20 weeks instead of 20 years),
fabric (from silky to sails), buildings (non-toxic that last a thousand
years), biodegradable plastics, wood type products, four kinds of fuel
(ethanol, methanol, oil, and wood-type pellets), insulation
(fibergrass instead of fiberglass), the most nutritious seed on the planet,
and thousands of other superior products. Growing the biomass for creating
these products will heal the atmosphere by sequestering carbon like crazy.
Hemp also mitigates toxic matter like spilled oil out of the ground.
They're also finding that the carbonized bast fiber of the hemp stalk
creates superconductors and supercapacitors far superior and cheaper than
graphene. Oh, and hemp needs no herbicides or pesticides because it's a
weed, so no poisonous petroleum needed there either. We have the
technology, and now that hemp has been moved from the DEA to the USDA, we
need to educate the public on its superiority to petroleum, cotton (uses a
quarter of the world's pesticides), trees (the lungs of the planet!), and
GMO corn (a horrible product for humans and planet).

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doris

On Thu, Dec 15, 2022 at 6:25 PM Michael Gordon <mlgordon3 at gmail.com> wrote:

> If we have eight years to do something dramatic on climate I believe there
> needs to be a concerted full court press to defang the oil lobby. That also
> implies doing away with oil company subsidies. That also implies
> confronting campaign finance reform among other things.
>
> If we did a root cause analysis - even a simple ‘5 Whys’ activity I bet it
> would reinforce above.
>
> Whoops. Forgot we have republicans in office. Get your Arakis gear ready!
> Michael
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Dec 15, 2022, at 6:17 PM, mike_bullock at earthlink.net wrote:
>
> 
>
> Human survival requires that we avoid climate destabilization. Our
> first-occurring climate-stabilization requirement is for 2030. We must
> achieve a specified reduction in our emissions by the end of 2030. We
> should have a plan to achieve that reduction and we should be executing
> that plan.
>
>
>
> Since fusion will not help us by 2030, it is another dangerous
> distraction. One might think that since our survival hangs in the balance,
> we would be interested in the details.
>
>
>
> We seem to be interested in the distractions.
>
>
>
> Quotes from the Secretary General of the UN:
>
>
>
>    1. We have a Code Red Climate Emergency
>    2. We are solidly on a path to an unlivable planet
>    3. We are driving towards Climate Hell with our foot on the accelerator
>    4. We are dangerously close to the point of no return
>
>
>
> *From:* Shutsanonofre <shutsanonofre-bounces at citizensoversight.org> *On
> Behalf Of *Alice McNally
> *Sent:* Thursday, December 15, 2022 10:31 AM
> *To:* Ray Lutz <raylutz at citizensoversight.org>
> *Cc:* shutsanonofre at citizensoversight.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Shutsanonofre] Fusion reactors: Not what they’re cracked
> up to be
>
>
>
> Thanks Ray,
>
> We would all love to see Clean, unlimited energy, but as the saying goes,
> “Fusion will always be 20 years away and will always be”.
>
>
>
> Here is another article from Nirs of interest.
> https://www.nirs.org/one-small-step-for-nuclear-fusion-no-giant-leap-for-climate-action/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=0bd31f12-8c1f-4776-8d2e-0603ab1049cc
>
>
>
> A
>
> On Dec 14, 2022, at 7:33 PM, Ray Lutz <raylutz at citizensoversight.org>
> wrote:
>
>
> Fusion reactors: Not what they’re cracked up to be
>
>
>
> https://thebulletin.org/2017/04/fusion-reactors-not-what-theyre-cracked-up-to-be
>
> This is an article from about 5 years ago, but it is good to keep these
> concerns in mind.
>
> The recent news about the "breakthrough" where a net positive power output
> was achieved is far from being a reality or "sustainable". It was only for
> a brief billionth of a second, and there is a lot of fudging to make it
> seem that this would produce a net power output. Plus, there are many
> problems.
>
> I'm not against working on this, but it is still pie in the sky. We should
> work harder and not divert funding from renewable power sources, that
> reduce the net heat in the environment, whereas these power plants, if we
> have them, would still have the problem that they are adding a lot of
> energy to our environment. So then, a great amount of this power would need
> to be used to cool the planet. In contrast, solar and wind removes energy
> from the environment.
>
> Also, these power sources suffer from the same issues as nuclear fission
> plants. They are very complex, big projects that do not fit well within our
> free-market optimization system. Solar panels are small and relatively easy
> to mass produce, and they are being improved all the time through this
> competition. Meanwhile, we have the same nuclear power plant designs that
> have known big problems that are not corrected because it costs too much to
> do so.
>
> Thus, this seems like a cheeseless rathole to me.
>
> --Ray
>
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