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+====Only nuclear desalination from smaller, cheaper LFTR’s solve water shortages in developing countries with limited infrastructure and grids ==== |
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+IAEA 7 "Economics of Nuclear Desalination: New Developments and Site Specific Studies", July, http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/te'1561'web.pdf |
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+Seventy percent of the planet is covered with water, but only 2.5 |
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+figures.¶These could naturally be avoided through the use of nuclear energy. |
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+====LFTRs are key to solve water stress ==== |
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+Hargraves, 12 ~~July, Robert, Robert Hargraves has written articles and made presentations about the liquid fluoride thorium reactor and energy cheaper than from coal – the only realistic way to dissuade nations from burning fossil fuels. His presentation "Aim High" about the technology and social benefits of the liquid fluoride thorium reactor has been presented to audiences at Dartmouth ILEAD, Thayer School of Engineering, Brown University, Columbia Earth Institute, Williams College, Royal Institution, the Thorium Energy Alliance, the International Thorium Energy Association, Google, the American Nuclear Society, and the Presidents Blue Ribbon Commission of America’s Nuclear Future. With coauthor Ralph Moir he has written articles for the American Physical Society Forum on Physics and Society: Liquid Fuel Nuclear Reactors (Jan 2011) and American Scientist: Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactors (July 2010). Robert Hargraves is a study leader for energy policy at Dartmouth ILEAD. He was chief information officer at Boston Scientific Corporation and previously a senior consultant with Arthur D. Little. He founded a computer software firm, DTSS Incorporated while at Dartmouth College where he was assistant professor of mathematics and associate director of the computation center. He graduated from Brown University (PhD Physics 1967) and Dartmouth College (AB Mathematics and Physics 1961). THORIUM: energy cheaper than coal, ISBN: 1478161299, purchased online at Amazon.com~~ |
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+World water resources are stressed. UNESCO reports that 8 of worldwide electric power |
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+designed to use excess power to desalinate water during off-peak periods. |
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+====Water shortages in developing countries reinforces poverty, famine, and structural violence – also independently the worse impact because it prevents any further progress – turns case and causes food crises and war==== |
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+Cribb 10 (Julian Cribb is a Fellow of the Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering. He is former Director, National Awareness for CSIRO and Science Editor of The Australian newspaper. He was national foundation president of the Australian Science Communicators (ASC), president of the National Rural and Resources Press Club, a member of CSIRO advisory committees for agriculture, fisheries and entomology. He has served as a Director of the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), the Crawford Fund, the Secretariat for International Landcare, CSIRO Publishing, the Australian Minerals and Energy Environment Foundation and the National Science and Technology Centre, Questacon. He was the creator of "Future Harvest" the global public awareness campaign for the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). Cribb, Julian. "Coming Famine : The Global Food Crisis and What We Can Do to Avoid It." Berkeley, CA, USA: University of California Press, 2010. 15-6. ebrary collections. Ghs-kw) |
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+Some observers also claim a link between food insecurity and terrorism, pointing out that |
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+donors may unintentionally have laid the foundation for future government failure and conflict. |