BS: rebuilding and re-energizing Japan

Subject: BS: rebuilding and re-energizing Japan
From: GUEST,mg
Date: 30 Mar 11 - 04:02 PM

Here is a nice article from a renewable energy newsletter I get. You can subscribe for free.

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2011/03/clean-energy-stocks-to-fill-the-nuclear-gap?cmpid=WNL-Wednesday-March30-2011

It does mention using the debris, much of which seems pretty clean wood. The problem of course is that there will be bodies and possessions in the debris and it can't be just scooped up. But I do think it can and should be used somehow. He says Japan is good at earthquake-resistant windmills, and he is confident about bringing in a lot of renewable energy.

So once the radiation monster is tamed, rebuilding might be pretty rapid. One wonders how it will be zoned. Also, if there is land that can not be farmed or safely lived on, could it not be a windmill farm and/or solar farm? And or tidal farm? By the sea of course. The grid is probably pretty intact, which they say is not a good grid, and different parts of Japan don't even use the same current or whatever.

What houses and buildings survived? Concrete? Wood is good for earthquake but bad in water situations like floods.

But surely they could right now be building huge swimming pools or artificial lakes or ponds lined with cement to contain bad water. Why are they not starting? If all is well later, call it an Olympic water park or whatever. mg

Subject: RE: BS: rebuilding and re-energizing Japan
From: GUEST,mg
Date: 30 Mar 11 - 04:02 PM

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2011/03/clean-energy-stocks-to-fill-the-nuclear-gap?cmpid=WNL-Wednesday-March30-2011

Subject: RE: BS: rebuilding and re-energizing Japan
From: GUEST,mg
Date: 30 Mar 11 - 04:12 PM

geothermal potential very high

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/24/us-geothermal-idUSTRE72N11E20110324

Subject: RE: BS: rebuilding and re-energizing Japan
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 30 Mar 11 - 06:32 PM

The Japanese energy company, *JACO, holds the rights to leases covering ca. 46,000 hectares in the Athabaska tar sands of Alberta. The prospects are estimated to contain 1.7 billion barrels of recoveerable bitumen resource.
At present, they operate a demonstration plant in the area, and are seeking hires. "a wide range of employment opportunities."
*Japan Canada Oil Sands Limited.
Nippon Oil Exploration holds a 5% stake in Syncrude Canada
JAPEX Co., 34% owned by the Japanese government, is expanding its portfolio.
JOGMEC, another Japanese company with rare earth interests as well as petroleum, has signed with Saudi Aramco for a stockpiling base in Okinawa, and is involved in fields in Iraq, Indonesia and Vietnam, as well as financing INPEX in the Gulf of Mexico.

Nuclear plant construction is on hold, but most observers expect new construction in a year or two.

Subject: RE: BS: rebuilding and re-energizing Japan
From: Donuel
Date: 30 Mar 11 - 09:21 PM

Geothermal, tide, wind and solar...Japan is an ideal candidate for all of them

Many people just talk about how much it willc ost to make clean up and repairs.

It will cost a tenth of a percent compared to what Wall St. wagered and lost

It will cost 25 cents on the dollar compared to the bail outs Wall St and AIG got.

It will cost the US 1 trillion in cashing in the treasury notes Japan will have to sell.

Subject: RE: BS: rebuilding and re-energizing Japan
From: EBarnacle
Date: 31 Mar 11 - 07:41 PM

At my instigation, my company has begun investigation of whether our electrostatic filters will remove alpha and beta particles from the air as part of the process of extracting water.

Subject: RE: BS: rebuilding and re-energizing Japan
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 31 Mar 11 - 09:18 PM

Outside my field, and I may be posting something you already know, but there are papers on self-absorption of alpha and beta particles in fiberglass filters.

A brief look turned up a paper "Nonproliferation and safeguarding via ionization detection," which mentions electrostatic filtering of beta particles.