Adding on:

Moved to native post.

As was probably evidenced in my Volt post which made post of the day a few weeks back, I’ve done a lot of thinking about this. I can confidently say in most locations, this argument isn’t even close to correct. Heck, just the electricity and electricity equivalent energy used to make a gallon of gasoline totals 2.5-3…

That was my immediate guess too. Or as the loons who do this call them, “HHO Generator!”

With all of the derision present in America today, let’s stop and take a timeout for what’s really important; doggos and kittahs.

In that case, the blast would have killed the crew for sure. The fallout would have been amplified dramatically on a bomb which already created the most fallout of any test in history. Lastly, I think somewhere around 100 MT, the destructive power becomes increasingly wasted into space.

One can lace the tamper or other part of the bomb with cobalt to enhance fallout to awful levels, but it won’t impact yield at all. U238 cannot be used as the primary fission material in a bomb (aka primary), but when supplied with copious fusion-produced neutrons at high energy, it has adequate fission cross section…

I sure would love to see a prototype spec where only off the shelf factory engines with external bolt-ons are allowed. Allow headers and intake mods of course, but the long block and forced-induction pieces must be retained. Then limit the fuel consumption to equalize performance...all else is on the table. Be great…

That’s gross weight, not curb weight.

Chevy also is quite conservative on their mileage ratings. Consumer reports went further in a Bolt than a Model S 75D, even though the Tesla is rated for 250 miles vs. 238 miles for the Bolt.

Yep, that’s me!

Yep, 100% of this is from the internet. The NucE degree helps put it in context, but it’s all public stuff. It’s a long way from knowing the basics of how they go together to knowing how to actually build one. And it’s an even longer way to get the materials...I doubt the FBI is too concerned haha.

I’m a nuclear engineer. I work for Westinghouse and lead the systems design for the new lead-cooled fast reactor. I’m a bit of a history buff, especially as it pertains to my field of study, so I’ve learned a bunch through understanding the history of weapons development. It’s also helped to know the basics of weapons…

I also neglected to mention that lithium deuteride is a MUCH easier way to store large amounts of hydrogen. As a solid, it doesn’t leak, and it’s actually far more dense (in terms of hydrogen/volume) than even liquid H2 IIRC. This development is really what made practical hydrogen bombs possible, as the Ivy Mike…

There is a lot of blending of concepts here. A boosted fission device is considered to be a single stage, even though both fission and fusion are occurring. The fission is the main source of the energy with fusion simply providing neutrons to boost the efficiency of the fission yield. The fusion is typically enabled…

So me... the guy who can run on grid electricity, electricity from an NG home generator, and gasoline from a station is “efffed” compared to the average person?

Drives a Volt...yeah, I’m good.

As of today, Erick has 399179.48 miles. So we’ll see 400k in a few days!

Erick Belmer is around 140k miles of pure electric on his Volt and has yet to lose a mile. That also includes another 260k of hybrid operation.

In many cases, the time to move about isn’t that different between driving and flying. Obviously, cross country it is, but even longish distances like here in Pittsburgh to Portland, ME are closer than you’d think. My time to drive to the airport, park, go through security, wait for my flight, fly to Boston, wait…