Reply To: General thought on old coal mines.

[Dr_Barnowl]

Henning wrote:
That’s the neutron shielding that requires that heavy water (1 ton per m^3), but that compensates the tons of fuel required.

A lot of that weight is in the wings – but you can’t put shielding in the wings for a reactor in the body. The space consumed by the reactor and shielding would displace passengers which is a non-economic prospect.

An FF powered fuel reformer is a far more likely solution to the aviation issue.

Not only does FF have to work, but you need a better battery than current technology.

The two energy techs I have my eye on are FF and EESTOR (a high density capacitor technology company), although I find FF a lot more credible than EESTOR, I’d be fairly cheery if either of them were to come to fruition. If LPP meet their goals this year then I will throw a hell of a party. Really, FF is my source of hope for the future – my instinct tells me that there are hard times ahead without a solution to the energy crisis. EESTOR would be nice, but the existing pool of ICE powered cars are not going to vanish overnight. With the predicted break-even on a DPF reactor somewhere less than a year, you can bet that as soon as they are viable, the rush to build and install them won’t end until all the coal powered stations are offline.