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Message 917290 - Posted: 13 Jul 2009, 4:30:58 UTC - in response to Message 917207.  

Did you ever hear of the neutron bomb? It is nasty little device that allegedly exists somewhere in the U.S. arsenal. It seems that the beauty of this beast lies in the lack of collateral damage and the fact that it destroys primarily biological tissue. So, you nuke somebody else's cities, burn their dead bodies (to prevent disease, etc.) and move into their houses! The use of this device was considered so inhumane that it was banned by the Geneva convention. So, I guess neutrons can be dangerous-your house might be re-usable but you could be quite dead. Denigrating new ideas just because they are new is a habit I find most absurd.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutron_bomb

"Neutron bombs have low explosive yields compared with other nuclear weapons. This is because neutrons are absorbed by air, so a high-yield neutron bomb is not able to radiate neutrons beyond its blast range and so would have no destructive advantage over a normal hydrogen bomb."

So essentially, the neutron bomb is a failed concept due to the fact that neutrons are actually fairly easy to contain.

That being said, I'm not against the idea of He3 just because it's new. I'm against it because it's impractical and the sales pitch sounds like something off a 3am infomercial...playing down the disadvantages, playing up the advantages, and making incorrect / false statements about the competition.
You will be assimilated...bunghole!

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Message 927405 - Posted: 20 Aug 2009, 11:24:25 UTC

Interesting post Hiamps...

If you have more knowledge about how gold is formed you may probably question the moons origin e.g Heat and pressure...


Additionally, gold is the most malleable of known metals, for practical use it is easiliy the most valuable of metals.
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