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energy supply is more important than Global Warming

Preface:            Energy is Essential for Prosperity, Population Stabilization, and Climate Change Survival
Introduction:     Genesis of the Thorium-Powered Liquid Reactor
Chapter   1         Introducing the Thorium-Powered Liquid Reactor   as described by Dr. Edward Teller  and also by Bill Hannahan
Chapter   2         What Must A Nuclear Reactor Be to Replace Coal?
Chapter   3         The EBASCO Reactor Cell Is The Key To Restarting America's Liquid Reactor Technology
Opportunities:
Chapter   4         Tomorrow's Energy Fortunes Will Come From Thorium's "Technology Opportunity"
Chapter   5         gas2gasoline - America's Natural Gas Can Be Synthesized Into Triple The Oil We Get From the Mideast
Chapter   6         Helping Poor Countries Switch From Coal to 8,000 Times Cheaper Thorium
Chapter   7         Global Warming:  1. 60% Is Made By Boilers   2. Replacing the Few Mega-Boilers That Make 30% of ALL Global Warming.
Rebuilding Existing Power Plants for Cheaper Electricity and Zero Air Pollution:
Chapter   8         3 Very Different Rebuild Strategies for Today's Power Plants
Chapter   9         1. "Clean Coal's" Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) Technology for Coal Power Plant Boilers
Chapter  10        2. Build New Small Modular Reactor Power Plants On Old Power Plant Sites.
Chapter  11        3. Convert Power Plants From Coal to Thorium to Increase Profits, Replace Coal and Natural Gas
The Details of Building Conversion Reactor Barges and Steam Generators:
Chapter  12        Building The First EBASCO Reactor Cell Module and the "Proof-of-Performance" Prototype Barge
Chapter  13        Building Full Power EBASCO Reactor Cell Modules For Operational Barges and Underground Silos
Chapter  14        Building Steam Generator Modules
Chapter  15        Reactor Fueling, Testing, Refueling, Repair, and Disposal
Chapter  16        Building Completely New Ultra-Low Cost Thorium Powered Steam or Gas Turbine Power Plants
Chapter  17        Back-up Plan: The Commercially Available Russian Rosatom Fast-Neutron BN-800 reactor.
Power Plant Conversion Examples:
Chapter  18        Bayside        1,800 mWe, 7 gas turbines, combined cycle exhaust heat recovery steam generators, 2 steam turbines. + Gas CCS Technology
                         Big Bend      1,820 mWe, 4 coal fired steam units, 3 gas turbines, Apollo Beach, Tampa, Florida. + Coal CCS Technology

                         Taichung        4,200 mWe, 8 coal fired steam units, Lung-Chin Township, Taiwan.  Worlds largest single source of CO2.
                         Jorf Lasfar      2,100 mWe, 6 coal fired steam units, 1 R.O., 1 flash seawater desalination unit, El Jorf Lasfar, Morocco
                         B C Cobb         500 mWe, 2 coal fired steam units, 3 gas fired steam units, Muskegon, Michigan.
                         J R Endicott       55 mWe, 1 coal fired steam unit, Litchfield, Michigan. 

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Always a work in progress, this unsponsored educational web site is the pro bono effort of a professional engineer who has spent 40+ years working in and around power plant engineering, industrial strength electricity, and multi-building energy management systems. 

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