Comments by "bighand69" (@bighands69) on "JAPAN'S PLAN to Ruin the PRICE of OIL and GAS - VisualPolitik EN" video.

  1. If they can find an industrial use for the waste material that would be revolutionary. I suspect with new developments in space technology they may be able to transports several tons of it into space and sent it towards saturn.
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  2.  @networkgeekstuff9090  Hydrogen has complex storage issues.
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  3. The US could probably build nuclear plants in 18 months if it wanted to but does not have the same energy pressures that Japan has and can use a more mixed system.
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  4. I do not think he was talking about nuclear fusion but the actual mechanisms fusing and causing an out of control thermal situation. Modern small nuclear reactor systems have mechanisms that eliminate the fusing of cores by employing aggressive mechanical systems that can force separation.
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  5. Large scale super reactors are the types that give real problems and when they start to develop an issue it can be very difficult to solve. A small reactor having a malfunction is nowhere near as catastrophic and can be more easily solved as a problem. Many of their designs make it very difficult to have issues.
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  6. Oil and gas are not going anywhere. Only Japan has the ability to achieve this and they have pressure because they do not have easy access to natural gas or oil. It is like Norway have lots of hydropower stations and claiming to be green and people calling to be more like Norway only to realize that Norway has lots of natural lakes at higher altitude that makes it easy to build those power stations. Not everybody can do as Japan are attempting.
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  7. Energy generated via coal could still be used. Cleaner coal plants that filter more of the by-products needs to also be used. Some countries have enormous coal reserves.
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  8. Hydrogen would be most useful for small energy generation plants with good infrastructure. SO second to the nuclear plants there could be a series of smaller hydrogen plants that create electricity.
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  9. Thorium is just a concept and not a real type of reactor that is in demonstration.
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  10.  @liamwagner6597  It will be completely destroyed when it is launched into saturn. It could just easily be sent to saturned for use in various projects including low energy power systems and when it passes usage it could just be disposed off by sending it into saturn. It could also be sent into the sun.
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  11.  @andrewgates8158  Yes it can be used for that as well and disposed of by whatever means. A holding station could also be developed in orbit around earth to send the most unstable elements.
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  12.  @wallbangerproductions840  if it misses the sun the odds of it come straight back at earn are in lotto winning territory.
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  13. They have their place but will not be taking over the whole world. Now Japan can do it because it does not have cheap easy natural gas and there is pressure on them to develop but it is not going to be cheap.
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  14.  @tonychen76  Launching into space looks like it is about to get really cheap so sending small amounts into space and making it go to saturn would be one approach for the most high level risk waste.
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  15. UK energy should be nuclear, coal, natural gas and renewable.
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  16. If there is a lot of by-product why not use hydrogen even if it is over short distances.
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  17. Well the public is now getting a taste of reality and seeing what it is like to not have energy.
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  18. It may work for Japan that are heavily invested in nuclear and do not have easy cheap access to natural gas. They will probably still have to use natural gas no matter what they are claiming.
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  19. Coal energy can still have its place and the by-products could be used in industry. That does not mean that all energy should be generated from coal.
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  20. No matter what is claimed they are still going to need gas and oil for the foreseeable future.
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  21. If a hydrogen tank has a rupture then that helium is going to escape very rapidly and vent into the atmosphere.
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  22. Nuclear has limitations.
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  23. Nuclear is not a cheap energy generation system. It has a place and will take that place but it will not be the primary source of energy.
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  24. Hydrogen cars may work in Japan when it is a national effort but it will be very expensive and Japan does have the expertise and capital. That does not mean it can replace ICE cars in the rest of the world.
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  25. Many countries could have nuclear, gas, coal and renewable.
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  26. Nope. Hydrogen is not a realistic fuel source for a car. A train could run on it with a large tank but why bother with that. Hydrogen would be most useful for small power stations that could be using it to generate electricity.
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