On a small scale it may seem unimportant

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On a small scale it may seem unimportant

SDAI-Tech1 — 10/6/2005 10:03:27 AM (archived)

The bottomline is that photophosphorylation provides energy to create more complex molecules by energizing electrons. These newly formed molecules require binding energy to keep them together.

Binding energy is nothing to scoff at when conceived in its totality.

Converting radiation into ever more complex and stable molecules and compounds is what evolution is all about and channeling harmful energy into useful energy was the main point of my post.

Gamma radiation from spent control rods could (and should eventually) be tapped and channeled into something other than merely exciting storage facilities' structural atoms.

Converting massive amounts of gamma radiation, passively and cost effectively, into electricity - that would be quite a worthwhile trick.

It wouldn't be impossible either. Just a very time-consuming project.

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It's time to think about it - Raoul - 9/14/2005 7:21:35 PM
- thank you - McFly - 9/15/2005 12:26:02 AM
- Air conditioning - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/14/2005 9:33:10 PM
  - re:the Global heating - Raoul - 9/14/2005 9:54:21 PM
    - re: re:the Global heating (n/t) - AA - 10/5/2005 7:05:18 AM
    - Don't count on it. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/14/2005 10:21:39 PM
      - Hmmmm - Sam F. - 9/15/2005 6:06:47 AM
        
        re: Hmmmm - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/15/2005 7:44:47 AM
      - Solar output - Tom Brosz - 9/15/2005 1:27:07 AM
        
        re: Solar output - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/15/2005 4:43:35 AM
        
        re: I agree with part of what you said - Johannes - 9/15/2005 6:47:46 AM
        
        re: I agree with part of what you said - Tom Brosz - 9/15/2005 8:48:50 AM
        
        re: Thanks Tom - Johannes - 9/15/2005 6:05:42 PM
        
        One last item, then that's it for me on that subject. - Tom Brosz - 9/15/2005 6:29:30 PM
        
        re: I think that the iron burning analogy is good - Johannes - 9/16/2005 2:26:54 AM
        
        Control rods and conversion of radiation to mass. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/16/2005 4:19:41 AM
        
        Plants don't really convert energy to mass. - Tom Brosz - 10/5/2005 7:49:30 PM
        
        A bit more detail... - R.L. - 10/6/2005 7:18:02 AM
        
        You're right, of course. - Tom Brosz - 10/6/2005 7:46:13 AM
        
        On a small scale it may seem unimportant - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/6/2005 10:03:27 AM
        
        Ooops... here is the source for the first blockquote - R.L. - 10/6/2005 7:23:58 AM
        
        re: Control rods and conversion of radiation to mass. - Johannes - 9/17/2005 12:45:26 AM
        
        Yea, those fusion-based photosynthetic plants come in handy. (n/t) - alcaray - 9/16/2005 7:18:14 PM
        
        nuclear power versus other sources - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/15/2005 8:26:29 AM
        
        re: I like the idea of - Johannes - 9/16/2005 2:48:09 AM
- A very old idea, and a good one. - Tom Brosz - 9/14/2005 8:06:48 PM
  - re: A very old idea, and a good one. And in some ways spooky - FrankC - 9/14/2005 9:46:05 PM
    - BTW, "New Towns" are not a new idea either. - Tom Brosz - 9/15/2005 12:59:59 AM
    - The very wealthy have always had options not open to the rest of us. - Mary Anne - 9/14/2005 10:15:45 PM
      - Yes they have.... - FrankC - 9/14/2005 10:40:15 PM
        
        Not paranoid. - Mary Anne - 9/14/2005 11:07:10 PM
        
        Choices - Tom Brosz - 9/15/2005 12:58:18 AM
    - re: Idea - Raoul - 9/14/2005 9:51:45 PM

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