Mine The Moon For Helium-3 644
Rob Kennedy writes "A story at The Daily Cardinal is reporting that UW-Madison researchers are looking to mine the moon for helium-3 as an energy source, which supposedly would yield about 1000 times more energy per pound than coal. Although there are several hurdles that would need to be cleared, The Associated Press mentions one catch in particular: 'The researchers still are working on building a helium-3 reactor that would produce more energy than it takes in.' Indeed. SciScoop has a more in-depth discussion of the prospect."
In other news (Score:3, Funny)
18 year old choirboys whose voices broke 4 years ago rejoyce
How high? (Score:4, Funny)
THE MOON IS FALLING!!!!!! (Score:5, Funny)
Halliburton anyone? (Score:2, Funny)
fusion is only a few decades away... (Score:5, Funny)
This could be bad (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Is there REALLY anything wrong with Fission pow (Score:5, Funny)
Yes. It's politically and socially unacceptable.
Re:Halliburton anyone? (Score:4, Funny)
Noam?? Is that you??
obligatory homerism (Score:5, Funny)
- Homer J. Simpson
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"The moon has a virtually unlimited supply of cheese, most notably the Pepperjackus Mons. This literal hill-of-cheese is an area that is the size of Rhode Island and comprised entirely of pepperjack," said Professor Klaus von Berrywinkle.
Cheese is typically mined in third-world countries with little regard for safety standards or labor laws. Authoritarian regimes usually hold sway over the cheese mines as well and placating them is a full-time priority for many governments.
"Unfortunately, cheddar is in short supply on the moon, but it is feasible that there is a cache of it somewhere that has eluded our che-dar," chortled Professor Eniac van Bumblybum.
The scientists later added that the supply of cheese on the moon would last the Earth thousands of years at the current rate of consumption.
"Although it would last quite awhile at the current rate of consumption, the past has shown that when you remove constraints consumption rises dramtically. I would not be surprised if, given a more efficient method of transportation, all the cheese on the moon would be eaten within 3-5 generations," Berrywinkle portended.
Re:How high? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:How high? (Score:5, Funny)
Well, duh... eBay...
Re:Is there REALLY anything wrong with Fission pow (Score:3, Funny)
Yes.
And no, I'm not being funny here.
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Re:Slightly more sarcastical view (Score:1, Funny)
it's sarcastic, dipshit.
Re:On a more serious note (Score:3, Funny)
How many VW's is that, or library on Congresses?
Re:Is there REALLY anything wrong with Fission pow (Score:2, Funny)