Nationalist Posted January 19 Report Posted January 19 People...have you seen this? Could fusion be reasonable now? Apparently, Canada is sitting on a lot of Helium 3. Quote Its so lonely in m'saddle since m'horse died.
Goddess Posted January 20 Report Posted January 20 Unfortunately, the helium deposits are mostly in Alberta and Saskatchewan, so Ottawa will never allow the industry to get too far. We have to accept that Canada's Net Zero fantasy means no industry in Canada. Especially if that industry is in the West. Fortunately, the helium deposits are mostly in Alberta and Saskatchewan and it's looking like we're gonna get the H. E. Double hockey sticks outta here. Quote "There are two different types of people in the world - those who want to know and those who want to believe." ~~ Friedrich Nietzsche ~~
eyeball Posted January 20 Report Posted January 20 9 minutes ago, Goddess said: Fortunately, the helium deposits are mostly in Alberta and Saskatchewan and it's looking like we're gonna get the H. E. Double hockey sticks outta here. Maybe use all that helium to just float away. 🎈 Quote I said now watch what you say they'll be calling you a radical, a liberal, oh fanatical criminal
Barquentine Posted January 20 Report Posted January 20 9 hours ago, Goddess said: it's looking like we're gonna get the H. E. Double hockey sticks outta here You're entitled to your fantasies. 1 Quote
Moonbox Posted January 20 Report Posted January 20 19 hours ago, Nationalist said: People...have you seen this? Could fusion be reasonable now? Apparently, Canada is sitting on a lot of Helium 3. I don't think it really matters right now. I am at work and not going to watch the video, but there's very little Helium-3 in the ground and from what I recall the best terrestrial source is coming as a by-product of other processes (particularly CANDU reactor). Either way, the biggest challenge for the technology is containing the energy of the sun and extracting as net-positive power. It's something I've been following since I was in highschool but it seems to be an engineering and materials problem rather than a fuel problem for the forseeable future. 1 Quote "A man is no more entitled to an opinion for which he cannot account than he is for a pint of beer for which he cannot pay" - Anonymous
Michael Hardner Posted January 20 Report Posted January 20 1 minute ago, Moonbox said: I don't think it really matters right now. I am at work and not going to watch the video, but there's very little Helium-3 in the ground and from what I recall the best terrestrial source is coming as a by-product of other processes (particularly CANDU reactor). Are you saying that a YouTube video with eye-popping graphics isn't entirely accurate ? 1 Quote Looks like someone has a new patronizing catch phrase ! Michael Hardner
Moonbox Posted January 20 Report Posted January 20 1 hour ago, Michael Hardner said: Are you saying that a YouTube video with eye-popping graphics isn't entirely accurate ? I think I am. Next in line for discussion: Banks HATE it when customers do this ONE TRICK. 4 Quote "A man is no more entitled to an opinion for which he cannot account than he is for a pint of beer for which he cannot pay" - Anonymous
Nationalist Posted January 20 Author Report Posted January 20 1 hour ago, Moonbox said: I don't think it really matters right now. I am at work and not going to watch the video, but there's very little Helium-3 in the ground and from what I recall the best terrestrial source is coming as a by-product of other processes (particularly CANDU reactor). Either way, the biggest challenge for the technology is containing the energy of the sun and extracting as net-positive power. It's something I've been following since I was in highschool but it seems to be an engineering and materials problem rather than a fuel problem for the forseeable future. You mean you're not still in high-school? Try watching the vid before flapping your gums. 1 Quote Its so lonely in m'saddle since m'horse died.
Michael Hardner Posted January 20 Report Posted January 20 39 minutes ago, Moonbox said: Banks HATE it when customers do this ONE TRICK. Hookers, on the other hand, LOVE IT. Thanks folks ! You've been a great audience ! Tip your hookers ! Quote Looks like someone has a new patronizing catch phrase ! Michael Hardner
herbie Posted January 20 Report Posted January 20 Make me laugh - a Helium3 Industry.... the demand and applications for it are so damn limited we see a stockpile of it almost as big as the SodaStream supply in your local SaveOn a decade from now. 1 Quote
Moonbox Posted January 20 Report Posted January 20 20 minutes ago, Nationalist said: You mean you're not still in high-school? Try watching the vid before flapping your gums. You do realize that this is almost certainly AI-generated click-bait, right? The person talking in the video doesn't even look real. Most of the Earth's helium-3 is locked 3000km below the Earth's surface, with tiny trace amounts leaking as a gas to the surface through the ocean and lava and/or getting frozen deep in ice. For perspective, the Moon is considered a more realistic source for plentiful He-3 fuel. This information isn't hidden or secret. You could read at length about it if you wanted, and the wealth of available information on this would do you a lot better than AI-slop from Youtube. Regardless, the technology to actually contain and sustain plasma-state reactions (regardless of fuel source), is still likely decades away. This is the more important point. 1 1 Quote "A man is no more entitled to an opinion for which he cannot account than he is for a pint of beer for which he cannot pay" - Anonymous
Moonbox Posted January 20 Report Posted January 20 18 hours ago, Goddess said: Unfortunately, the helium deposits are mostly in Alberta and Saskatchewan, so Ottawa will never allow the industry to get too far. This is almost all just regular helium isotopes (He-4). The He-3 isotope is the one useful for fusion applications, and is mostly cosmic in origic and comes from interaction with radiation. We get a few kilograms a year of this, in total, and it's not something you just dig out of the ground. 1 Quote "A man is no more entitled to an opinion for which he cannot account than he is for a pint of beer for which he cannot pay" - Anonymous
Nationalist Posted January 20 Author Report Posted January 20 3 minutes ago, Moonbox said: You do realize that this is almost certainly AI-generated click-bait, right? The person talking in the video doesn't even look real. Most of the Earth's helium-3 is locked 3000km below the Earth's surface, with tiny trace amounts leaking as a gas to the surface through the ocean and lava and/or getting frozen deep in ice. For perspective, the Moon is considered a more realistic source for plentiful He-3 fuel. This information isn't hidden or secret. You could read at length about it if you wanted, and the wealth of available information on this would do you a lot better than AI-slop from Youtube. Regardless, the technology to actually contain and sustain plasma-state reactions (regardless of fuel source), is still likely decades away. This is the more important point. What a dope. You really should try to be as intelligent as you think you are. Meh...for your edification... https://www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/science/earth-science/ancient-lava-flows-baffin-island-point-to-helium-3-leaking-from-earth-core Enjoy...dopey. 1 Quote Its so lonely in m'saddle since m'horse died.
Moonbox Posted January 20 Report Posted January 20 30 minutes ago, Nationalist said: What a dope. You really should try to be as intelligent as you think you are. Meh...for your edification... https://www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/science/earth-science/ancient-lava-flows-baffin-island-point-to-helium-3-leaking-from-earth-core Enjoy...dopey. "The 2023 study details the findings of a 2018 expedition to the region by scientists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the California Institute of Technology and their discovery of the highest helium-3/helium-4 ratios on Earth so far — between 65 and 69 times the atmospheric ratio." So in Baffin island, they've found concentrations in lava flows between 65-69 times the atmospheric ratio (of 1.37 parts per million)? Do you understand how that math works? Do you understand that trying to harvest microscopic, barely measurable pockets of gas from rocks and crystals isn't actually a realistic idea, and that nobody anywhere is proposing to do it? Use your brain and think about that for a minute. 1 1 Quote "A man is no more entitled to an opinion for which he cannot account than he is for a pint of beer for which he cannot pay" - Anonymous
Nationalist Posted January 20 Author Report Posted January 20 4 minutes ago, Moonbox said: "The 2023 study details the findings of a 2018 expedition to the region by scientists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the California Institute of Technology and their discovery of the highest helium-3/helium-4 ratios on Earth so far — between 65 and 69 times the atmospheric ratio." So in Baffin island, they've found concentrations in lava flows between 65-69 times the atmospheric ratio (of 1.37 parts per million)? Do you understand how that math works? Do you understand that trying to harvest microscopic, barely measurable pockets of gas from rocks and crystals isn't actually a realistic idea, and that nobody anywhere is proposing to do it? Use your brain and think about that for a minute. I did use my brain...but it didn't take much of its thought process to prove you wrong. Enjoy that. 1 Quote Its so lonely in m'saddle since m'horse died.
Michael Hardner Posted January 20 Report Posted January 20 19 hours ago, Goddess said: Unfortunately, the helium deposits are mostly in Alberta and Saskatchewan, so Ottawa will never allow the industry to get too far. Because the government hates the West? Didn't you hear what Doug Ford said about the China deal. 28 minutes ago, Nationalist said: I did use my brain...but it didn't take much of its thought process to prove you wrong. This person seems to know a lot about this subject. Just saying 😉 1 Quote Looks like someone has a new patronizing catch phrase ! Michael Hardner
Nationalist Posted January 20 Author Report Posted January 20 4 minutes ago, Michael Hardner said: This person seems to know a lot about this subject. Just saying 😉 So much so, that he makes id1otic claims without checking the readily available facts. Real intellect eh mike? 1 Quote Its so lonely in m'saddle since m'horse died.
Michael Hardner Posted January 20 Report Posted January 20 8 minutes ago, Nationalist said: So much so, that he makes id1otic claims without checking the readily available facts. I don't think they've conceited anything yet, and I feel like they would admit if they got something wrong. Again, just saying, I would have laid down my sword by now 1 Quote Looks like someone has a new patronizing catch phrase ! Michael Hardner
Nationalist Posted January 20 Author Report Posted January 20 4 minutes ago, Michael Hardner said: I don't think they've conceited anything yet, and I feel like they would admit if they got something wrong. Again, just saying, I would have laid down my sword by now Of course you would. But I have a spine. 1 Quote Its so lonely in m'saddle since m'horse died.
Michael Hardner Posted January 20 Report Posted January 20 1 minute ago, Nationalist said: Of course you would. But I have a spine. Admitting you're wrong means you have a stronger spine than otherwise. What kind of coward continues to claim? They are correct in the face of facts? As of 3 years ago I admitted I was wrong at least 33 times on this board. Yes, I'm proud of that. Quote Looks like someone has a new patronizing catch phrase ! Michael Hardner
Nationalist Posted January 20 Author Report Posted January 20 9 minutes ago, Michael Hardner said: Admitting you're wrong means you have a stronger spine than otherwise. What kind of coward continues to claim? They are correct in the face of facts? As of 3 years ago I admitted I was wrong at least 33 times on this board. Yes, I'm proud of that. Mike...3He extraction is reasonable. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10556-022-01029-9 Moonbat opened his mouth before checking, because he thinks himself educated enough to make the assertion he did. He was wrong. The deposits exist and mining it is doable. For someone so adverse to fossil fuels, you sure are reluctant to investigate real potential. I wonder why? 1 Quote Its so lonely in m'saddle since m'horse died.
Michael Hardner Posted January 20 Report Posted January 20 4 minutes ago, Nationalist said: Moonbat opened his mouth before checking, because he thinks himself educated enough to make the assertion he did. He was wrong. The deposits exist and mining it is doable. For someone so adverse to fossil fuels, you sure are reluctant to investigate real potential. I wonder why? I didn't say anything about the topic. It's incorrect for you to infer my opinion. Ok, let's see his response then... Quote Looks like someone has a new patronizing catch phrase ! Michael Hardner
Nationalist Posted January 20 Author Report Posted January 20 9 minutes ago, Michael Hardner said: I didn't say anything about the topic. It's incorrect for you to infer my opinion. Ok, let's see his response then... Sure. But I feel a burning need to reiterate something I've explained to you and many others. Its been the height of panicked stupidity to dump on our current energy source ESPECIALLY when the world was shut down by The Rona. I have always contended that man will eventually find a "green" replacement for fossil fuels without this costly and down right stupid climate religion imposing serious inflationary pressures on that which we depend on. And now that potential is much closer. The critical rare element is avaliable in bulk. Makes one wonder...what exactly has been the motivating factor for the climate religious all along? To benefit humanity? Or to pump the price of energy while literally sh1tting on the public? 1 Quote Its so lonely in m'saddle since m'horse died.
eyeball Posted January 21 Report Posted January 21 26 minutes ago, Nationalist said: Makes one wonder...what exactly has been the motivating factor for the climate religious all along? To benefit humanity? Or to pump the price of energy while literally sh1tting on the public? Fat research grants obviously! sarc/off To benefit humanity obviously. The fact you even have to ask is like dumping on common sense. Ordinary common sense not the right-wing nonsense associated with the phrase. Quote I said now watch what you say they'll be calling you a radical, a liberal, oh fanatical criminal
Nationalist Posted January 21 Author Report Posted January 21 18 minutes ago, eyeball said: Fat research grants obviously! sarc/off To benefit humanity obviously. The fact you even have to ask is like dumping on common sense. Ordinary common sense not the right-wing nonsense associated with the phrase. What common sense? 1 Quote Its so lonely in m'saddle since m'horse died.
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