I've studied this for years and haven't found any credible reason why we couldn't do this today.
But there are a lot of forces allied against Thorium in both the government, energy companies and the current nuclear industry.
Senator Hatch (R) Utah with support from Harry Reid (D) Nevada has introduced a bill annually for five years to fund $200 million to research to commercialize Thorium power. Yet every year the bill never even gets voted on.
What is stopping Google itself from funding this I don't know? Our country should make this a major initiative similar to the race to the moon and get us off coal, oil and gas.
But there are a lot of forces allied against Thorium in both the government, energy companies and the current nuclear industry.
Senator Hatch (R) Utah with support from Harry Reid (D) Nevada has introduced a bill annually for five years to fund $200 million to research to commercialize Thorium power. Yet every year the bill never even gets voted on.
http://hatch.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=releases&Cont...
What is stopping Google itself from funding this I don't know? Our country should make this a major initiative similar to the race to the moon and get us off coal, oil and gas.