Comments by "Titanium Rain" (@ChucksSEADnDEAD) on "Revisiting Thorium Energy - The Future of Nuclear Power?" video.

  1. 500 years is nothing, geologically speaking. The byproducts of the natural reactor at Oklo, Gabon have barely moved in the last 1.7 billion years.
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  2. Hydro requires extreme care due to how you're affecting the hydrographic basin. The DoE dragged their feet on LFTR tech. There's a compilation of representatives asking the DoE about them once a year or so and they deflect.
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  3.  @Steellmor  Scrubbers are relatively modern. The argument here is a 100 year alternative history of the electric car. This means heavy to moderate reliance on coal power with no concern for polution, no scrubbers, and essentially no renewables except hydro until the last few decades. You can't retroactively apply the benefits of modern tech, even though it's a valid argument for EVs used in the present day.
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