In reply to mix...@bigpond.com's message of Sat, 30 Apr 2011 10:00:21 +1000: Hi, [snip] >$12/lb). That would likely mean a considerable increase in economically >winnable >reserves, and I have no idea by how much. Note that if we could extract all the >Nickel from the top 1 km of the land then we would have enough for 20 million >years at the current rate of use (same assumptions about isotopes).
...that should be "current rate of energy use". Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/Project.html