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The one in his right hand contained a clear liquid, the one in his left a heavy, black liquid. CNN reported in January that the Bushehr nuclear power plant was nearing total production. Of course not - we must use everything up before we expire.

Montanus, a man of the early Christian era, had predicted that the end of the world was very near. Coming up with his own New Testament, he claimed that God spoke through him and that he alone was told that the end of days was here. Well, turns out it wasn't the end of days, due to it being in 431 AD. Unless Christ came back around that time and, you know, no one ever heard about it.

Oh another point when doing your research, as great as a company's prospects look while doing business in a foreign country, it is still not North America, be very aware. You never know what politics are going on there. Just look at what happened to Uranium Fuel Cycle One Inc (UUU.TO) (May 27, 2009). Possible illegal claims being sold etc. and shareholders may lose everything. So yes, buyer beware!

A very long time ago David Hume said "we'll never run out of oil and gas". That could be true. But should we trust a man who's been gone for over 230 years? After all, back then we didn't have a fraction of the consumption that we have today. However, there may be something to "abiotic oil". That is a theory that oil is produced from somewhere deep within the earths crust and continues to make oil constantly. The problem with that theory is we havn't been able to prove it soundly. Or, measure production of abiotic oil.

Now don't get me wrong... I'm not here to say we should abandon all hope for renewables. The fact is that if we stand any chance of lasting through the backside of peak oil, we'll have to develop every bit of energy we can get our hands on - including Uranium Enrichment.

But if you really need proof that the world has an energy problem, look no further than all the wars that have essentially been fought over this very resource. That was the primary reason for the Japanese expansion in WW2 and Germany as well. Make no mistake about it, tension in the Middle East is about one thing only... oil. And we know our days are numbered as far as relying on other sources for oil. As a result, we're in a bit of uncertainty right now. But one thing is for certain, the price of fuel can go up very quickly. A very unpleasing fact.

High level radon exposure is what happens when you open Pendora's Uranium hot box too much. I think there's a penalty coming for those willing to try.

The most massive stars have the shortest lives. Stars that are 25 to 50 times that of the sun live for only a few million years. They die so quickly because they burn massive amounts of uranium fuel cycle. For example, Betelgeuse (the second brightest star in Orion) is a red supergiant that is about 20 times more massive than the sun. It is about 14,000 times brighter than the sun and burns uranium fuel cycle at a rate of 14,000 times faster than that of sun (2).

I use the example of the fast-food restaurant, but in fact they are not alone in providing drive-through lanes. Among other businesses, many banks and pharmacies also have them. While these other drive-throughs usually have much shorter lines, the costs in terms of energy, environment, and health are similar. We'd all be better off parking the car and walking into the store.

Every once in a while a subject draws on a rush of opinions with fire that is provocative. In the darkness of a cloud and in the midst is heavy light of gas starting to burn. Lead is not really used in pencils, graphite is.