Patrick Arnesen, Vancouver BC, May 2009 This page is dedicated to informing Canadians about some of the fantastic technologies we can use to solve the the world's coming energy and environmental crisis. Canadians are ideally placed to tackle this challenge and help the world reach a sustainable future - and it would be great for our economy too! What every Canadian needs to know about energy Introduction An executive summary of what Canada should do and why Affordable Green Power For Canada Other Articles Relating to Green Nuclear Power Can Nuclear Power Really be Green? Thorium Power (LFTR) From the Thorium Energy Alliance The Liquid Flouride Thorium Reactor. What Fusion Wanted to Be A superb presentation on FLTR technology from an extremely credible source Google Talk Video and Slides About the Presenter AIM High: Solving the Energy Crisis with Thorium Power This is a great presentation that summarizes much of what I'm proposing Google Talk Video and Slides (Non-techies should start at slide 18) Aim High Homepage Liquid Flouride Reactors: A New Beginning for an Old Idea Another great presentation Google Talk Video Here's a good overview of pebble bed reactors Pebbles Making Waves Practical Solar and Wind Power Concentrating Solar Power: Here's a video about company that's producing a 30% efficient solar collector. This isn't a prototype either. They're building a 500MW plant in the California dessert right now: Stirling Energy Systems With solar and wind, one challenge is moving the power from where it's produced to where it's needed. A high voltage DC grid would do the trick. High Voltage DC Powerlines |