Tuesday, November 11, 2008

mini nuclear power plant

Hey buddy, could you spare $25 million? I'd love to buy a nuclear power plant m'kay? ...What the hell? Hyperion is selling a mini nuclear power plant for that price which according to Engadget is capable of supplying power to 10,000 homes with a lifespan of 10 years. Well if this is TRUE then any small country can buy one and solve their energy crisis and fuck renewable energy. So doing the math.... that's 25,000,000 (yes that's six zeros) divided by 10 years (its operating life) divided again by 10,000 homes would mean 250 bucks a year for each house. Now tell me that ain't a good deal? Third world power companies are ya listening? But this could turn out to be something that's too good to be true.... (ya know what comes next) Nifty idea ey? So maybe after it expires in 10 years either Hyperion could refuel the darn thing OR we could chuck it to wherever radioactive waste is kept (good thing it only measures less than five feet)Wait a sec... Reading through Hyperion's website, it turns out it can power 20,000 houses... let's do the math again.... $25,000,000 divided by 10 years divided by 20,000 homes brings us to....$125 smackers... and apparently it churns out 25MWe.

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