You know how on Stargate Atlantis they are always talking about using Naquadah generators when the ZPMs aren’t working?
Well, you can now buy Naquadah generators …. FOR REAL
It’s about $25 million for something about the size of a hot tub that can provide a continous 25 megawatts (like 20,000 homes) for about 5 years with zero maintainence.
http://www.hyperionpowergeneration.com
This is on my x-mas wish list.
November 23rd, 2008 at 6:50 pm
These are a very viable source of power. The Soviet Union used a version these quite a bit (powering remote lighthouses, for example), and we did as well, in the Apollo program. The Apollo program referred to them as SNAP generators, and, there is still one on the surface of the moon, generating power - and it *will* be generating power for about another 40 years.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systems_Nuclear_Auxiliary_Power_Program
December 2nd, 2008 at 10:07 am
Cool. Though Wikipedia says the SNAP generators have -much- less power than this new unit. The Viking 2 generator is in the 750 watt range while these new ones are in the 25,000,000 watts range.
Progress! :-)