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By Peter Tchir of Academy Securities

By Haley Zaremba of OilPrice.com

An experimental Chinese nuclear plant reportedly just crossed a historic threshold, successfully operating the world’s first thorium-based molten salt reactor (TMSR). The Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics has broken a major scientific barrier by successfully converting thorium to uranium in a historic first.

Beautifully written by Zerohedge.

The Methane, Alcohol, and Butane Energy Cycle Using Algae, Yeast, and Bacteria

This bioenergy cycle explores how microorganisms—algae, yeast, and bacteria—can work together to produce renewable fuels like methane, ethanol (alcohol), and butane. These biofuels can be created in a closed-loop system that recycles waste and maximizes energy extraction.

Authored by John Rubino via Substack,

Pretend, for a moment, that it’s 1971 and you’re President Richard Nixon (admittedly disturbing fantasies, but bear with me). You face the perennial government income/outflow dilemmas, and other countries, noting your struggle, are trying to cash their dollars in for your limited pile of gold bars.

I don't think it's due to solar out-performing. News says the reactors are down for maintenance / corrision repairs. I'm afraid the anti-nuclear movement is political: successful nuclear would obsolete the climate change stuff. Whether they say they shut down nuclear because solar outperforms, or because there is corrosion, is besides the point.

I would hope energy prices go negative on good days! That's the excess energy you can feed into AI and crypto mining.