Report from the Fourth International Thorium Conference
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This document discusses the urgent need for safe, clean, and affordable energy sources, highlighting the significant health and environmental issues associated with traditional fossil fuels. It emphasizes the global shift towards thorium energy, showcasing developments in countries like China and India aimed at leveraging thorium technology for sustainable energy production. The document underscores the potential for thorium investments to contribute to better energy solutions and the importance of science and technology in advancing this field.
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Report from the Fourth International Thorium Conference
- 1. The World Needs Energy Anna R. Carson, PhD “Report from the Fourth International Thorium Energy Conference” WorldFuture 2014, July 12, 2014
- 2. Gapminder World: CO2 emissions since 1820
- 3. Gapminder World: CO2 emissions since 1820
- 4. Gapminder World: CO2 emissions since 1820
- 5. Gapminder World: CO2 emissions since 1820
- 7. Cartoon courtesy Down to Earth magazine, CSE India
- 8. Energy Production Has Problems It’s Not Safe
- 9. Coal combustion emissions damage the respiratory, cardiovascular, and nervous systems and contribute to four of the top five leading causes of death in the U.S. -- Physicians for Social Responsibility (2009)
- 10. Source: “How Deadly Is Your Kilowatt?”, Forbes, 06/10/2012.
- 11. Source: http://earthquaketrack.com/p/united-states/oklahoma/recent, accessed 07/11/14. • Between 1978 and 2008, Oklahoma experienced an average of just two quakes of 3.0 magnitude of greater [per year]. • California has recorded about 140 3.0-magnitude quakes or greater, compared to 207 in Oklahoma.
- 12. Energy Production Has Problems It’s Not Clean
- 13. Kingston coal ash disaster, Harriman, TN, December 22, 2008
- 14. Kingston coal ash disaster, Harriman, TN, December 22, 2008
- 15. Kingston coal ash disaster, Harriman, TN, December 22, 2008 One of the 15 Homes Destroyed
- 17. Source: http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=14571, accessed 06/28/14.
- 18. Energy Production Has Problems It’s Not Cheap
- 19. • On a “pre-tax” basis, subsidies for petroleum products, electricity, natural gas, and coal reached $480 billion in 2011 (0.7 percent of global GDP or 2 percent of total government revenues). • On a “post-tax” basis—which also factors in the negative externalities from energy consumption—subsidies are much higher at $1.9 trillion (2ó percent of global GDP or 8 percent of total government revenues). Available at http://www.imf.org/external/np/pp/eng/2013/012813.pdf
- 20. The World is Turning to Thorium China
- 23. The World is Turning to Thorium India
- 24. World Class Thorium Center in India 9 June, 2014 India’s President Pranab Mukherjee addressed the joint session of the Lok Sabha at the Central Hall of Parliament in New Delhi today. He announced a series of programmes on a variety of issues facing the country, of which power for all by 2022 was one. He emphasized India's five Ts: Traditions, Talents, Tourism, Trade and Technology and said the following: My government recognises the central role of Science and Technology in raising the quality of life. It will encourage and incentivise private sector investments, both domestic and foreign, in science and technology and in high-end research aimed at nurturing innovation. My government will build world class research centres in the fields of nanotechnology, material sciences, thorium technology, brain research, stem cells.
- 25. The World is Turning to Thorium Developing Countries
- 26. Source: http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/Country- Profiles/Others/Emerging-Nuclear-Energy-Countries/, accessed 6/28/2014.
- 27. The smart money is looking at investing in Thorium energy.
- 28. Thank you Anna R. Carson, PhD The Osler Institute & Climate-Safe-Power.org Terre Haute, IN