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United States Federal Government should provide incentives to increase Thorium fueled Nuclear Molten Salt Reactors.

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Thorium revival is inevitable—the only question is if the U.S. gets on board or not

Martin, Pike Research Editorial Director, 5-14-12

(Richard, “Dr Makhijani and Me,” From the comments section of an article detailing a debate between Martin and Makhijani, accessed 8-19-12, http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/intelligent-energy/safe-nuclear-let-the-thorium-debate-begin/15816)

Mark, thanks for covering the Science … us do that.

Thorium revival is inevitable—the only question is whether the U.S. is a follower or a leader

Martin, Pike Research Editorial Director, 5-4-12

(Richard, “Is Thorium A Magic Bullet For Our Energy Problems?,” Talk of the Nation Science Friday, National Public Radio, accessed 8-20-12, p. Lexis)

Richard Martin: Sure. I think Arjun has brought …a follower or a leader.

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U.S. economic is competitive now

Sharma, Head of Emerging Markets at Morgan Stanley, 12

(Ruchir, August 3, “Comeback Nation: Why the U.S. Economy is Stronger than You Think,” http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/08/comeback-nation-why-the-us-economy-is-much-stronger-than-you-think/260634/, accessed 9-3-12, hec)

Usain Bolt is the most dominant sprinter the world has seen in a century,

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particularly if Washington can get its game together and attack the public debt.

China investing in thorium now- trades off with US competitiveness

Martin, Wired Science Contributing Editor, 11

(Richard, February 1, “China Takes Lead in Race for Clean Nuclear Power,” http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/02/china-thorium-power/, accessed 8-23-12, hec)

China has officially announced it will launch a program to develop a thorium-fueled

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lifeline of energy in its own hands,” stated the Wen Hui Baoreport.

Chinese domination of the thorium market dooms U.S. economic competitiveness – plan solves

Halper, Smart Planet Contributing Editor: Energy, 12

(Mark, June, 29, “Two and a Half Nations Start Thorium Nuclear Power Research,” New Energy and Fuel, http://newenergyandfuel.com/http:/newenergyandfuel/com/2012/06/29/two-a-half-nations-start-thorium-nuclear-power-research/, accessed 8-23-2012, hec)

According to a March presentation at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) on

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happens when the leadership is political and regulatory instead of creative and entrepreneurial.

Competitiveness is key to economy- exports and trade

Raidt, senior fellow, Atlantic Council, 12

(John, “SERIES: The Eight Factors of American Competitiveness - Chapter Two: Open Markets,” 3-23-12, http://www.freeenterprise.com/economy-taxes/series-eight-factors-american-competitiveness, accessed 9-8-12, ara)

Bottom line: Despite the complex challenges our economy faces, America has more going

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they are to perform their essential functions in a free and prosperous society.

Decline causes war

Royal, director of Cooperative Threat Reduction at the U.S. Department of Defense, 10

(Jedediah, Economics of War and Peace: Economic, Legal, and Political Perspectives, pg 213-215, ldg)

Less intuitive is how periods of economic decline may increase the likelihood of external conflict

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As such the view presented here should be considered ancillary to those views. 

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Thorium solves nuclear terrorism

Martin, Wired Science Contributing Editor, 9

(Richard, December 21, “Uranium is so Last Century: Enter Thorium, the New Green Nuke,” http://www.wired.com/magazine/2009/12/ff_new_nukes/all/1, accessed 8-25-12, hec)

The thick hardbound volume was sitting on a shelf in a colleague’s office when 

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they produce so it can be used to genera+te nuclear power.

Thorium is safe

Evans-Pritchard, International Business Editor-The Daily Telegraph, 11+

(Ambrose, March 20, “Safe Nuclear Does Exist and China is Leading the Way with Thorium,” http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/ambroseevans_pritchard/8393984/Safe-nuclear-does-exist-and-China-is-leading-the-way-with-thorium.html, accessed 8-25-12, hec)

A few weeks before the tsunami struck Fukushima’s uranium reactors and shattered public faith in

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century without tearing each other apart over scarce energy and wrecking the planet.

A nuclear terrorist strike causes US-China-Russia war, environmental collapse, and extinction

Morgan, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, 2009

(Dennis, World on fire: two scenarios of the destruction of human civilization and possible extinction of the human race Futures, Volume 41, Issue 10, December, ldg)

In a remarkable website on nuclear war, Carol Moore asks the question “Is

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all those steps and start through the accidental or reckless use of strategic weapons

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United States could still lead thorium revolution

Sadar, Geneva College Professor, 12

(Anthony J., June 22, “Superfuel: Thorium, The Green Energy Source for the Future,” http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jun/22/fueling-future-of-nuclear-power/, accessed 8-24-12, hec)

A scant eight miles west-southwest of where I have taught numerous atmospheric science

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, henceforth, this book has convinced me to be negligent no longer.

Thorium is the solution

Hargraves, Dartmouth University Professor, 12

(Robert, August 5, “Thorium: Energy Cheaper than Coal,” http://energyfromthorium.com/, accessed 9-3-12, hec)

Thorium energy can help us: check CO2 and global warming, cut deadly air

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advocates lowering costs for clean energy – a market-based environmental solution.

Federal incentives are vital to spur investment and innovation in the energy sector—nuclear power is one example

American Energy Innovation Council, 11

(“Catalyzing American Ingenuity: The Role of Government in Energy Innovation,” January 2011, accessed 9-13-12, http://americanenergyinnovation.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/AEIC_Catalyzing_Ingenuity_2011.pdf)

The rationale for government intervention is two-fold. First, history shows that

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new smartphone; it is quite another to prototype a new nuclear reactor.