Dear Readers:
Not literally. Figuratively.
Thorium, in its frequently occuring oxide state, is a dusty white to gray color. And while many metal pit pundits are forecasting that thorium will ultimately become as valuable as gold, or that it is "greening" in terms of its increasing value in dollars per ounce, those are not applicable here either.
No, what I am speaking about is a movement within the ranks of the environmentalists, a lobbying group of increasing financial power and influence, toward thorium as the environmentally-preferred choice over virtually every other fuel source. This is very good for Thorium Energy, Inc. because it lends additional credibility to what we have been saying for quite some time now...that thorium is cleaner than coal or any other combustible fuel source.
The nearest competitor, the ethanol contingent (Alcholics Unanimous), is quite clean when burned in its purest form as a fuel, but it is impractical in terms of its efficinecy and availability. If we eliminate ethanol as a competitor, than thorium, by default, is the cleanest and greenest alternative without peer.
Many posts ago, I wrote that burning coal produces more particulate (e.g., dangerously breathable) thorium than a thorium-powered reactor. It appears that the Green Lobby is arriving at the same conclusion.
The evidence of this shift is not only in the appearance of an increasing number of articles written by green bloggers and environmentalists in praise of thorium, but also in the sheer percentage of posts and articles (in all media) in which thorium is referenced favorably. In just these past three months, the percentage of these posts and articles which mention thorium in a favorable context has approximately doubled! In only three months!
While these numbers are estimates, they are indeed encouraging.
Our rich veins of Thorium in the Lemhi Pass District continue to accrue value...not unlike a fine wine, a Picasso original or a violin.
--THORIUM ENERGY, INC.
