Development of Tiny Thorium Reactors Could Wean the World Off Oil In Just Five Years
• News LinkThorium One ton of thorium can produce as much energy as 200 tons of uranium and 3.5 million tons of coal
Thorium One ton of thorium can produce as much energy as 200 tons of uranium and 3.5 million tons of coal

Screw stimulus - last thing we need is to pay $1 per 30c of investment, with the other 70c going to useless bureaucrats and god-knows-what-else. There are already several companies developing portable thorium breeder reactors. Wait for their IPOs and invest. The only thing the government needs to do is what it needs to do in every situation - get the (&(*#$ out of the way and let the big kids get the work done.