Deuterium - the next energy source?

**j_avonni** · August 6th, 2006 09:25 AM

Is it one of the reasons why our Muslim brothers wanted Mindanao to become a separate state? Ano kaya ang relasyon ng mga ginagawang US military exercises in Mindanao? Just thinking aloud.

**Horsepower** · August 7th, 2006 12:22 AM

I heard the deepest trench is found in the Atlantic. will this also mean more and higher water inland, in case of tsunami? bad trip talaga to Pilipinas

No, the deepest is in the Pacific, The marianas trench.

**Flagg** · August 7th, 2006 01:06 AM

Ayoko 51st state ng USA, e di kasama tayo sa biggest debtor in the world...

Dapat, nominate nalang natin President & CEO si Carlos Ghosn... to streamline the bureaucracy...

**erict** · August 7th, 2006 02:00 AM

buhay pa si Ka Ernie Baron, narinig ko na sa kanya yan..pero mahal daw ang process to separate H from 0.

**Horsepower** · August 7th, 2006 02:24 AM

Actually the first problem you need to solve first is how to go around hydrostatic pressure. 16,000lbs/square inch of crushing power.

**mazdamazda** · August 7th, 2006 09:49 AM

Originally Posted by Horsepower

Actually the first problem you need to solve first is how to go around hydrostatic pressure. 16,000lbs/square inch of crushing power.

yup... that the "only" major problem in extracting deep-sea minerals.

how thick & what material should be used for a pipe is the question... what's the strongest material out there? titanium?

**uls** · August 7th, 2006 09:57 AM

ok... so there's riches under the Philippine Sea.

So we just have to get it and sell it and become rich.

umm... who will do the get-it part?

**niky** · August 7th, 2006 05:01 PM

Originally Posted by ghosthunter

Even if you can breakdown heavy water easier than ordinary water to produce hydrogen, the cost of heavywater will still make it prohibitive as a source of hydrogen.

Bingo.

Unless we start up economically feasible hydrogen fusion, the cost of procuring deuterium from the ocean floor will definitely outweigh the benefits in using deuterium instead of regular water to create hydrogen fuel.

**Horsepower** · August 7th, 2006 05:07 PM

I don't know. I have a feeling we'll get something from selling those deposits.

Space shuttle and Space Rockets use Deuterium AFAIK.

**ghosthunter** · August 7th, 2006 05:55 PM

Originally Posted by Horsepower

Space shuttle and Space Rockets use Deuterium AFAIK.

Aren't atomic powered rockets and spacecrafts outlawed internationally simply because of the possibility of an explosion during launch that would scatter radioactive debris over a large area?

I think you were watching Space Cowboys a bit too much