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Building the world's largest solar project : Comments

By Nicholas Cunningham, published 9/4/2018

Yet another uncertainty is what Saudi Arabia wants to do with 200 GW of power when its total electricity capacity only amounted to 77 GW in 2016.

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Alan B., WTF are you on about?

It is sensible to have a solar thermal plant with molten salt storage, but not with thorium. Not only is the melting point of thorium salts far too high, but the stuff is radioactive and therefore requires the expense of extra safety precautions.

I thought I'd explained this to you, but it appears you don't comprehend the main difference between molten salt storage and molten salt reactors: the latter require the elements needed in the reaction, while for the former allows you to select the most suitable salts to use based on factors such as heat capacity, melting point and cost.
Posted by Aidan, Monday, 9 April 2018 4:14:05 PM
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Adian: You explained nothing, because without your links, half of them bogus, you know nothing! XXX Simply put the material does two things melts at temperatures above 400 C. AND REACTS TO CONCENTRATED SOLAR RADIATION, DROP KICK! XXX Of the two of us, which one has experience inside a power station, any power station and in a science related capacity. XXX Save your superior psycho BS for somebody impressed by it! I'm through with copping your CRAP. XXX GO AWAY, YOU SILLY LITTLE MAN! WHAT MAKES YOU THINK YOU HAVE SOME RIGHT TO FOREVER ABUSE YOUR BETTERS AND EXPECT THEM TO COP IT! XXX CHANGE YOUR NOME DE PLUME TO HITLER, IT'D BE FAR MORE APPROPIATE, EXCEPT, HE WAS PROBABLY MORE INTELLIGENT AND BETTER INFORMED. XXX Alan B.
Posted by Alan B., Monday, 9 April 2018 5:37:41 PM
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Al.B

You'll need to stop throwing tantrums when things don't go your way.
You must debate sensibly right to the end, with those that take the time to disagree with you.
Let Democracy work. Otherwise your efforts to install a dictatorship on OLO, become comical in their attempts.
Posted by diver dan, Tuesday, 10 April 2018 6:15:44 AM
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Alan B.,
Are you going senile? Because that's what it looks like from here!

If not, perhaps you could explain how thorium salts react with concentrated sunlight?
Posted by Aidan, Tuesday, 10 April 2018 9:42:58 AM
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