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2007-10-02 Terror Networks

The southern axis of evil involving NutJob and host of comic book villains.

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Posted by 3dc 2007-10-02 15:38|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 If the US got off of oil these guys would just be tin-pot nothings.

Posted by rjschwarz 2007-10-02 16:06|| 2007-10-02 16:06|| Front Page Top

#2 rjschwarz, wishfull thinking. Rather to start exploiting what we have. As well as building new nuke power plants.

Posted by twobyfour 2007-10-02 17:12|| http://www.twobyfour.info]">[http://www.twobyfour.info] 2007-10-02 17:12|| Front Page Top

#3 the Iranians are very much interested in exploiting lithium and uranium in South America

Lithium? Nutjob needs that much?

Posted by gorb 2007-10-02 17:46|| 2007-10-02 17:46|| Front Page Top

#4 Besides mood-stabilization, lithium has other applications, according to Wikipedia:

Lithium deuteride was the fusion fuel of choice in early versions of the hydrogen bomb. When bombarded by neutrons, both 6Li and 7Li produce tritiumthis reaction, which was not fully understood when hydrogen bombs were first tested, was responsible for the runaway yield of the Castle Bravo nuclear test. Tritium fuses with deuterium in a fusion reaction that is relatively easy to achieve. Although details remain secret, lithium apparently no longer plays a role in modern nuclear weapons, having been replaced entirely for the purpose by elemental tritium, which is lighter and easier to handle than lithium salts. [citation needed]

Metallic Lithium and its complex hydrides such as e.g. Li[AlH4] are considered as high energy additives to rocket propellants[3].

Lithium peroxide, Lithium nitrate, Lithium chlorate and Lithium perchlorate are used and thought of as oxidizers in both rocket propellants and oxygen candles to supply submarines and space capsules with oxygen.[8]

Posted by Bobby 2007-10-02 17:52|| 2007-10-02 17:52|| Front Page Top

#5 Agreed - the only pragmatic reason for Iran to have/demand lithium in large quantities is for the production of [post-Uranium] advanced nuclear
devices.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-10-02 19:02|| 2007-10-02 19:02|| Front Page Top

#6 So long as China is buying oil no amount of conservation on our part will disempower these villains. We should instead take the oil. This cuts off all funding to the Orcs of Mecca and the Orcs of Qom and it puts the Red Chinese under a barrel (so to speak).

Posted by Excalibur 2007-10-02 19:58|| 2007-10-02 19:58|| Front Page Top

#7 Imperial Japan started a war with America when we threatened to cut off fuel supplies without which their economy would quickly crash, correctly understanding that to be an act of undeclared war, if I remember my history books correctly.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-10-02 21:51|| 2007-10-02 21:51|| Front Page Top

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