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[Updated] Sometimes solutions to very difficult problems stare you in the face, but the signal compared to noise is too small to see. The good Lord often answers prayers and provides miracles with simple things to help sometimes. Case and point - dealing with the nuclear waste issue that a cold fusion loving dad often thinks about. Things like cleaning up the planet and helping mother earth with second atomic age child rearing. Afterall, cleaning up from the good life of the Woodstock generation (ed note: see reader comments below) can be quite messy (there's reality for you).
I was excited recently when I read this report from some Italian researchers who have managed to demonstrate that radioactive Thorium's (Th 228) half-life could be accelerated by a factor of 10,000 !! (one possible explanation) by simply cavitating a thorium solution in water. Sounds like an impossibly simple solution and a possible miracle, huh? Well, according to their results published in a Physics Letters A paper they appear to have done just that.
Ok, so what are the possible applications for this technology approach you might ask? Doing a quick cursory search on the internet there was a recent IEEE article that appears to show a possible application of the above research by pumping ground water from contaminated acquifers where the water at the tap was 'pure' - a data point to consider for more research Perhaps even geothermal and water recycling efforts could benefit. Large pumping applications (multiple pumps) are not uncommon in such uses, and in fact the city of New Orleans has yet to build their large pumping stations as Hurricane season is already upon us ( a plug for all their hard efforts to protect their citizens). Another direct application would obviously be a cleaner nuclear industry someday. Looking for such synergies is part of increasing the signal to noise ratio to help apply new ideas.
If the Italian reports are confirmed (I'm hopeful) and their experimental data presented in a more formal paper, this area of study certainly would need a closer look and more research emphasis. This blogger will certainly vote his taxpayer dollars to help such breakthroughs.
Humor: If you feel squeemish about things like this, I have an old friend named NORM (don't want to just pick on the ladies) who has a wasteline like mine that keeps growing every year if not managed. He's worked in many industries - poor fellow. And, even though he tries to eat more veggies, watch his medical, fat, oil, coal and cholesterol levels - he still needs to be more green. He says he's just human, but sometimes I really do wonder ;)
[ Note : the above article was derived entirely from public information resources ]
I was excited recently when I read this report from some Italian researchers who have managed to demonstrate that radioactive Thorium's (Th 228) half-life could be accelerated by a factor of 10,000 !! (one possible explanation) by simply cavitating a thorium solution in water. Sounds like an impossibly simple solution and a possible miracle, huh? Well, according to their results published in a Physics Letters A paper they appear to have done just that.
Ok, so what are the possible applications for this technology approach you might ask? Doing a quick cursory search on the internet there was a recent IEEE article that appears to show a possible application of the above research by pumping ground water from contaminated acquifers where the water at the tap was 'pure' - a data point to consider for more research Perhaps even geothermal and water recycling efforts could benefit. Large pumping applications (multiple pumps) are not uncommon in such uses, and in fact the city of New Orleans has yet to build their large pumping stations as Hurricane season is already upon us ( a plug for all their hard efforts to protect their citizens). Another direct application would obviously be a cleaner nuclear industry someday. Looking for such synergies is part of increasing the signal to noise ratio to help apply new ideas.
If the Italian reports are confirmed (I'm hopeful) and their experimental data presented in a more formal paper, this area of study certainly would need a closer look and more research emphasis. This blogger will certainly vote his taxpayer dollars to help such breakthroughs.
Humor: If you feel squeemish about things like this, I have an old friend named NORM (don't want to just pick on the ladies) who has a wasteline like mine that keeps growing every year if not managed. He's worked in many industries - poor fellow. And, even though he tries to eat more veggies, watch his medical, fat, oil, coal and cholesterol levels - he still needs to be more green. He says he's just human, but sometimes I really do wonder ;)
[ Note : the above article was derived entirely from public information resources ]
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Interesting blog. Arguably, the biggest legacy of Woodstock is its huge impact on the real children of the sixties: Generation Jones (born 1954-1965, between the Boomers and Generation X). This USA TODAY op-ed speaks to the relevance today of the sixties counterculture impact on GenJones: http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20090127/column27_st.art.htm
Google Generation Jones, and you’ll see it’s gotten a ton of media attention, and many top commentators from many top publications and networks (Washington Post, Time magazine, NBC, Newsweek, ABC, etc.) now specifically use this term. In fact, the Associated Press' annual Trend Report forcast the Rise of Generation Jones as the #1 trend of 2009.
Here's a page with a good overview of recent media interest in GenJones:
http://generationjones.com/2009latest.html
ConnectingTheDots, thank you for your insightful social commentary remarks. I agree, Generation Jones is sure to garner more attention.
It was certainly interesting for me to read this blog. Thanks for it. I like such topics and anything connected to them. I definitely want to read more on that blog soon.
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