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  • Опубликовано: 18 июн 2016
  • Thorium is the bomb -- one reason being, it isn't.

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  • @unoriginalname4426
    @unoriginalname4426 4 года назад +15255

    Alternate title “Sam shits on uranium for 4 and a half minutes”

    • @Mars_555.
      @Mars_555. 4 года назад +126

      +3 seconds

    • @flattio
      @flattio 4 года назад +29

      unoriginal name or i read my finals writing test out to you

    • @houby1632
      @houby1632 4 года назад +8

      @@Mars_555. -1

    • @somerguy3527
      @somerguy3527 4 года назад +5

      saba chixradze +1

    • @houby1632
      @houby1632 4 года назад +3

      @@somerguy3527 -1

  • @straytakermusic
    @straytakermusic 7 лет назад +7696

    Thorium isn't crippled, he just needs a hype man.

    • @nightwaddie5426
      @nightwaddie5426 7 лет назад +550

      thorium isnt the kind to party without anything, he needs a couple of shots to get him going.

    • @studiosnch
      @studiosnch 7 лет назад +155

      to be honest, thorium actually has to wear uranium's clothes (breed thorium-232 to uranium-233) before he can get the party started
      and have a couple shots of plutonium, of course
      but at least when he gets wasted, thorium (which at this time is already wearing uranium's clothes) goes home full with chips instead (aka uranium-232, which absorbs neutrons instead).

    • @Glace1221
      @Glace1221 7 лет назад +239

      Yeah, Thorium's just an introvert.

    • @madscientistshusta
      @madscientistshusta 6 лет назад +1

      Wraith5k i love this

    • @FrostxMysT
      @FrostxMysT 6 лет назад +1

      J

  • @potatoisland7214
    @potatoisland7214 Год назад +6981

    For anyone wondering why thorium hasn’t always been used, the US decided to research and develop Uranium reactors mainly because they are easier for Nuclear bombs and if they were using and researching uranium for nukes it would be easier to use uranium reactors rather than thorium reactors. If you were looking for reasons to get rid of nukes, a more efficient energy source is a reason.

    • @Raptorman0205
      @Raptorman0205 Год назад +556

      There are also a lot of laws/regulations that indirectly target Thorium reactors, primarily through draconian licensing measures against liquid fuel nuclear reactors vs solid fuel. And those are there because Big Oil owns the American political system, and is very interested in staying in business and not being out-moded by what is a vastly cleaner and more efficient power source.

    • @potatoisland7214
      @potatoisland7214 Год назад +49

      @@Raptorman0205 yup ☹️

    • @phillipjohnson5739
      @phillipjohnson5739 Год назад +24

      We're not getting rid of nukes buddy, looking for a reason to is pointless.

    • @phillipbotter6470
      @phillipbotter6470 Год назад

      Ah yes the bs story of thorium being a more efficient fuel source, except youd have to irradiated the thorium with uranium to make it work in the first place. You're whole theory is dumb.

    • @jeffscrungle6179
      @jeffscrungle6179 Год назад +133

      @@phillipjohnson5739 Holy pessimism batman!

  • @Tsumagiri
    @Tsumagiri 2 года назад +6170

    As someone who worked on a nuclear reactor you did pretty good on your info, the only thing I will say is that relative to what people think, nuclear power plants make WAY less waste than you actually think, and at least within the navy, there are practices put in place to attempt to minimize nuclear waste generation just because its such a hassle to deal with.

    • @caramowol
      @caramowol 2 года назад +40

      Thank You For This Information Tsumagi

    • @nickmickky2714
      @nickmickky2714 2 года назад +54

      why arent more reactors using Thorium (I know little about physics)

    • @sauercrowder
      @sauercrowder 2 года назад +28

      It really isn't even that hard to deal with. They go to an old salt mine or whatever, stick it in there, and guard it. Eventually they seal it up.

    • @kitteykat55
      @kitteykat55 2 года назад +166

      @@nickmickky2714 Simply put, it hasn't had as much research done on it yet. Where as we started making typical uranium reactors for nuclear bombs(as it produces weapons grade plutonium) thorium hasn't been looked at much until recently, due to climate issues so many countries are researching it more. China is actually about to start up its first Thorium reactor soon though!

    • @kitteykat55
      @kitteykat55 2 года назад +40

      I agree with you. But normal reactors still produce a ton of waste comparatively. Including the highly dangerous plutonium. Where as thorium makes much less waste and the waste it does produce has close to 10,000 times shorter half-life. Not to mention that it can literally eat plutonium and other nuclear byproducts for fuel. Thereby reducing even more waste that has been accumulated.

  • @damienfinnegan8272
    @damienfinnegan8272 5 лет назад +13276

    Sam O'nella: * Makes Video about why thorium is better than uranium *
    Uranium: "Okay, BUT CAN YOU DO T H I S!"
    * levels an entire city *

    • @1998zuzu1
      @1998zuzu1 5 лет назад +88

      ;D ;D Pewdiepie reference right there

    • @augmentedfourthssuperfan7297
      @augmentedfourthssuperfan7297 5 лет назад +191

      Zuzana Klinovská No, that is not a pewdiepie reference.

    • @1998zuzu1
      @1998zuzu1 5 лет назад +43

      @@augmentedfourthssuperfan7297 sure...

    • @aneesh2115
      @aneesh2115 5 лет назад +192

      Plutonium : bitch do you even lift

    • @terrsus7676
      @terrsus7676 5 лет назад +12

      @@aneesh2115 No.

  • @TheOneGuy1111
    @TheOneGuy1111 3 года назад +38790

    You forgot the most important part: Uranium is named after Uranus, a name that gets constantly ridiculed by schoolchildren; Thorium was named after Thor, the badass lightning god.

    • @exoticmattertheone4365
      @exoticmattertheone4365 3 года назад +448

      Nice

    • @pedrojose660
      @pedrojose660 3 года назад +224

      Thats great

    • @Zereze
      @Zereze 3 года назад +194

      actually, uranus was named after uranium
      Edit: Ok got it i'm stupid, you can stop replying now

    • @goomba-dp3fb
      @goomba-dp3fb 3 года назад +589

      @@Zereze no uranus the planet is named afrer a roman god like every other planet in our solar system except earth

    • @YetusDeletusFetusYeetus
      @YetusDeletusFetusYeetus 3 года назад +69

      @@goomba-dp3fb That’s because when the planets were being named, earth wasn’t considered a planet.

  • @tackytaco8133
    @tackytaco8133 2 года назад +1512

    After deeply thinking on this subject of whether Thorium reactors are possible, I have concluded that pushing some cripples is the best we can do as a collective.

    • @nortonwedge
      @nortonwedge Год назад +25

      Finally, my deep love of pushing cripples can be productive...

    • @OhioStudiosOG
      @OhioStudiosOG Год назад +8

      237 likes damn

    • @user-of2py3gf3i
      @user-of2py3gf3i Месяц назад

      Ill meet you at the stairs ;)

  • @wubbadubnub
    @wubbadubnub Год назад +404

    Fun fact, lots of vintage Camera lenses get a yellow tint over the years due to the Thorium coatings

  • @shday1
    @shday1 4 года назад +9678

    Also, waste from thorium reactors is safe after just 300 years, instead of 100K.

    • @shday1
      @shday1 4 года назад +527

      @ⴰⵙⴰⴼⴰⵕ ⵏⴰⵔⴰⵖⴰⵙ Well, it depends on the definition of safe. I think 350 years is essentially down to background radiation.

    • @primeroyal7434
      @primeroyal7434 4 года назад +19

      Thats 100 years

    • @thetoniotchannel1345
      @thetoniotchannel1345 4 года назад +127

      @@covekkojipostoji131 While there is consensus that a total of approximately 30 men died from immediate blast trauma and acute radiation syndrome (ARS) in the seconds to months after the disaster, respectively, with 60 in total in the decades hence, inclusive of later radiation induced cancer,[2][3][4] there is considerable debate concerning the accurate number of projected deaths due to the disaster's long-term health effects, with long-term death estimates ranging from up to 4,000 (per the 2005 and 2006 conclusions of a joint consortium of the United Nations) for the most exposed people of Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia), to 16,000 in total for all those exposed on the entire continent of Europe, with figures as high as 60,000 when including the relatively minor effects around the globe.[5] we aren't talking about immediate deaths but instead overall. Also why are defending uranium so much? What is it that grinds your gear about thorium?

    • @CRAZY_DI_DRAGON
      @CRAZY_DI_DRAGON 4 года назад +10

      100k years wat da fawg

    • @xX_wiLLiam_Xx
      @xX_wiLLiam_Xx 4 года назад +3

      AAAAAAOOOO

  • @metademetra
    @metademetra 4 года назад +2792

    "So this is amazing for creating energy"
    "But can it kill people?"
    "Uh no"
    "Well get out of my sight."

    • @rushcap2761
      @rushcap2761 4 года назад +53

      circa the 60s I think

    • @ummmhelp
      @ummmhelp 4 года назад +31

      @@rushcap2761 circa now too

    • @charper9890
      @charper9890 4 года назад +51

      You are thinking about it wrong. This means we have to waste less of the fun stuff on powering the world and can put more of it to fun Japanese fireworks displays.

    • @expertoflizardcorrugation3967
      @expertoflizardcorrugation3967 4 года назад +10

      @@charper9890 YOU ARE A FUCKING GENIUS

    • @legion999
      @legion999 4 года назад +1

      I'm not even sure what you're trying to make fun of

  • @giese39
    @giese39 Год назад +341

    I had an 45 min long presentation about the advantages of nuclear power over fossil fuels like coal or oil that my country (Germany) so heavily relies on, while hating nuclear power. Turns out all my co students had to say:" so you are a slave of nuclear power lobby or what?" And "but how do you personally stand on the matter" or why I didn't speak more negative about it. My whole presentation and scientific research paper was about how public misconceptions exist and what hard facts actually show us. That seemed to have went straight over there head I guess😂

    • @SolZaer
      @SolZaer Год назад

      and they were warned by Trump to not become vulnerable and then they became Russia's bitch. Took Poland and the rest of the Baltic states to get Germany on board to help Ukraine bc Germany fucked themselves switching too fast.

    • @kronfischer
      @kronfischer Год назад

      Germany, of all countries, should know more about nuclear power
      you wankers are the most efficient people on the face of this earth but you'd rather burn coal over having the cleanest, safest form of energy because you're too stupid or something

    • @oriongabriel6966
      @oriongabriel6966 11 месяцев назад +3

      Same

    • @mariocortez8853
      @mariocortez8853 10 месяцев назад +42

      It's a shame that Germany, one of the largest economic powerhouses (known for their engineering) aren't taking advantage of nuclear energy

    • @juliusapriadi
      @juliusapriadi 9 месяцев назад +3

      ​​@@mariocortez8853no it's not, if the following things are true:
      1) Nuclear Power is more expensive than renewables, if you factor in the whole life cycle and that proper waste disposable isn't solved yet
      2) It would take Germany >15 years to build new reactors, so that's way too late for our climate goals, so again, betting on the wrong horse (since we are very behind our climate targets and need sth that helps fast)
      3) Nuclear accidents are still a thing even with a Thorium + Plutonium Mix
      4) since Germany switched off its last nuclear plants, we are still on average exporting energy, so apparently our economy doesn't need it, and it is not the reason behind our high energy prices
      But maybe giese39 can enlighten us, wether some of those are misconceptions.

  • @popebryanii7224
    @popebryanii7224 Год назад +155

    I used this for a science project on why thorium kicked ass. I got a 100 plus extra credit for determining sources and making facts that could actually be used in the unit after that project.

  • @omfgthisisutube
    @omfgthisisutube 5 лет назад +9636

    Me: Can we get some Thorium?
    Mom: We have Thorium at home.
    Thorium at home: Uranium.

  • @brandongreenland9632
    @brandongreenland9632 3 года назад +6580

    God, I sure do wish that I could release deadly radon gas when I didn’t want to wake up

    • @hendrikusscherphof7348
      @hendrikusscherphof7348 3 года назад +275

      I already can release deadly gases in the morning, though the radon would be a nice addition

    • @FelisBX7
      @FelisBX7 3 года назад +116

      Anything is possible if you just don't shower long enough

    • @bruhtart.5328
      @bruhtart.5328 3 года назад +47

      *Geiger meter sounds* I don't wanna get up mom *Geiger meter sounds intensify*

    • @tijuanawoman
      @tijuanawoman 3 года назад +10

      I do, it's a good pastime

    • @redmist6630
      @redmist6630 3 года назад +6

      a good-sized rock tends to do the trick

  • @Ace-pd1lp
    @Ace-pd1lp 2 года назад +60

    Literally the fucking magical alien power-source type rock in sci-fi, only instead of being rare, it’s *more common* than competitors.

  • @thetyseevee8082
    @thetyseevee8082 2 года назад +43

    my grandad works on nuclear plants using thorium and they work really well. a couple towns in indonesia currently run off a single one built by that company

  • @ShatposterSupreme
    @ShatposterSupreme 4 года назад +8164

    I remember my chemistry teacher showing this video in class.
    This was how I was introduced to Sam O'Nella.

    • @MappingEagle
      @MappingEagle 3 года назад +443

      i want your chemistry teacher, mine is just an old boring dude lmfao

    • @spaghetti5914
      @spaghetti5914 3 года назад +170

      your teacher is awesome

    • @MHScald
      @MHScald 3 года назад +46

      @NPC 420 ???????????
      Go back to reddit dumbass

    • @givenpizza4183
      @givenpizza4183 3 года назад +34

      @Alex reddit moment

    • @godparticle3295
      @godparticle3295 3 года назад +75

      You have one of those teachers that plays a youtube video that opens you to a new channel that you love i had a English teacher that put on oversimplified ww 1 because we were reading war horse

  • @Forgan_Mreeman
    @Forgan_Mreeman 4 года назад +2971

    i knew i made the right choice buying $2000 worth of Thorium from that alley guy, thanks Sam-O-Nella

    • @cheshirecynic4524
      @cheshirecynic4524 4 года назад +75

      Which alley? That guy who hangs out between Fairfax and Main is selling some bunk shit, so check your supply for quality for sure.

    • @jacobjackson8155
      @jacobjackson8155 4 года назад +64

      Apparently $2000 of Thorium (purre Thorium) has enough energy to power every aspect of human life for a person for 2000 years. Pretty neat.

    • @cheshirecynic4524
      @cheshirecynic4524 4 года назад +51

      @@jacobjackson8155 So, $50 worth of Thoriums would cover me for basically the rest of my life? DEAL. Who's holding?

    • @Gabrong
      @Gabrong 4 года назад +18

      @@jacobjackson8155 that is why if it ever going to be used as a main energy source it will costs a million times more. because "economy"

    • @ritvikvaishnav3472
      @ritvikvaishnav3472 4 года назад +13

      why did you get 10^-27 grams of thorium

  • @AlphaOfCrimson
    @AlphaOfCrimson 8 месяцев назад +80

    It really bothers me just how much fear there still is about nuclear power. Most people don't even understand what radiation is and how it works.

    • @sushantsharma5441
      @sushantsharma5441 3 месяца назад +6

      Reminds me of the time my parents warned me about "radiation" from my phone

    • @RandomFurry07
      @RandomFurry07 Месяц назад

      Also uh
      The reasons why Chernobyl and Fukushima got into those circumstances
      There's also how nuclear waste gets disposed

    • @RandomFurry07
      @RandomFurry07 Месяц назад

      ​@@sushantsharma5441though, they ain't wrong
      There is radiation coming off our phone
      The problem is the intensity, which is not very intense on our phone

    • @concept5631
      @concept5631 Месяц назад

      You're surprised by this? People are pretty stupud.

    • @mik11112
      @mik11112 Месяц назад +1

      ​@@RandomFurry07Also the frequncy. No matter how much radiation is coming from your phone it isnt going to have the same effect as the radiation from uranium. The radiation from your phone is non-ionising so it has no effect on your body (exept for some very slight heating).

  • @kota7341
    @kota7341 Год назад +17

    My teacher downloaded this, edited it and played it to the class. Good day

    • @concept5631
      @concept5631 Месяц назад +3

      How'd they edit it? Remove some of the raunchier parts of it?

    • @kota7341
      @kota7341 Месяц назад +2

      @@concept5631 yeah pretty much

  • @13vatra
    @13vatra 2 года назад +21699

    Me: "Then why aren't we using it?"
    Sam: "It can't be turned into a weapon."
    Me: "Ah okay, that explains it."

    • @abadgamer2086
      @abadgamer2086 2 года назад +264

      Yes

    • @catinamask5019
      @catinamask5019 2 года назад +140

      But this does not explain it not being used to replace thorium

    • @Halfendymion
      @Halfendymion 2 года назад +465

      @@catinamask5019 What? Replace Thorium?

    • @catinamask5019
      @catinamask5019 2 года назад +189

      @@Halfendymion replace uranium

    • @LeLaidbackLauncher
      @LeLaidbackLauncher 2 года назад +1290

      That was actually one of the reasons the US went after uranian and plutonium for nuclear reactor over thorium: the waste and byproducts from U-235/238 reactors could be used in bombs, helping reduce the cost of nuclear weapons. The US knew before they went with uranium for reactors that thorium was way safer, cheaper and more efficient: politics ruined everything, as usual.

  • @MarkLatimerRussell
    @MarkLatimerRussell 4 года назад +6775

    “Powerful clean reliable. And if things go wrong at the end of the day you can still kick it’s ass” that’s it. That’s how the founders envisioned America.

  • @noot3778
    @noot3778 8 месяцев назад +4

    the "most replayed" graph thing perfectly points out where exactly the weird frame is

  • @kojumble
    @kojumble Год назад +11

    after 6 years this is still the first result for the search term "thorium"

  • @aroraptor7550
    @aroraptor7550 5 лет назад +2838

    Instructions unclear, Accidentally burned poor cripple

    • @CarFreeSegnitz
      @CarFreeSegnitz 5 лет назад +41

      Yes... "accidentally".

    • @aimanputra3058
      @aimanputra3058 4 года назад +29

      _instruction nuclear,my reactor turn into chernobyl_

    • @ryansiengmusic
      @ryansiengmusic 4 года назад +19

      hold on, so we weren't supposed to do that? crap

    • @triangleanempire5481
      @triangleanempire5481 4 года назад +4

      The ingredients were in very small print

    • @paprikaa117
      @paprikaa117 4 года назад +2

      Wait that was bad? I ended up turning Iraq into a nuclear fall out area

  • @FullKnight51
    @FullKnight51 4 года назад +3306

    I love how in the tags instead of putting tags like Thorium or nuclear accidents, he puts tags like adhd, jaegar bombs, ben and jerrys and kendrick lamar.

  • @kavest3210
    @kavest3210 9 месяцев назад +3

    SEVEN YEARS THIS HAS BEEN OUT, I HAVE REWATCHED THIS VIDEO MORE THAN 5 TIMES, AND ONLY TODAY DID I NOTICE THE PUN IN THE TITLE

  • @guyar4374
    @guyar4374 Год назад +11

    Since Sam has returned I'm returning to all his vids and they're just as good as I remember

  • @jt0n
    @jt0n 4 года назад +9729

    Thorium is one of the best mods, especially paired with Calamity

    • @muffin8786
      @muffin8786 4 года назад +604

      Eh I feel like the experience would be better if you just did a calamity playthrough then a thorium playthrough, both are great but the calamity items just steamroll most if not all of the thorium content making it kinda useless

    • @scott5388
      @scott5388 4 года назад +20

      @Colin Slivinski pp

    • @WhompingWalrus
      @WhompingWalrus 4 года назад +126

      DUDE I was wondering why this video was showing up in my recommendations again. I was just looking up a bunch of Terraria vs. Starbound comparison videos, because I'm thinking about getting into one, and I happen to own both.
      Wild how interconnected things are nowadays.

    • @dregosor
      @dregosor 4 года назад +56

      @@WhompingWalrus wait terraria is about to have a massive update with alot of content
      plus its amazing modded or not
      all you need to know is you can get a fart in a jar

    • @danusio7548
      @danusio7548 4 года назад +10

      @@muffin8786 i mean there is a mod which among other things buffs thorium weapons to be more suited for calamity

  • @grimtheghastly8878
    @grimtheghastly8878 5 лет назад +9876

    As a kid with ADHD I can relate to uranium on a deep and personal level.

    • @0816M3RC
      @0816M3RC 5 лет назад +249

      Grim The Ghastly Are you also a cancerous pain in the ass?

    • @grimtheghastly8878
      @grimtheghastly8878 5 лет назад +431

      @@0816M3RC when I want to be, yes.

    • @milomoxie2472
      @milomoxie2472 5 лет назад +106

      You level cities??

    • @dingo-gorditas
      @dingo-gorditas 5 лет назад +153

      @@0816M3RC Hah, getting salty over just a kid saying that he has ADHD. Glad that humanity has evolved

    • @0816M3RC
      @0816M3RC 5 лет назад +69

      Cat Getting salty over a joke.. yes humanity has "evolved".

  • @fancyfloppa9256
    @fancyfloppa9256 Год назад +46

    I just used this video as one of the sources for an environmental science paper I had to write lmao

  • @sceetherthenadder
    @sceetherthenadder 10 месяцев назад +3

    I watched this last night and my roommate put on Skinwalker Ranch today. So many of their phenomenons are explained here. Just wanted to say thanks for the education and the show is hilarious now.

  • @prakhargupta3739
    @prakhargupta3739 3 года назад +27522

    Earlier was confused wether to buy uranium or thorium now will definitely go for thorium!

  • @spyjonsachurin2101
    @spyjonsachurin2101 5 лет назад +3519

    US government and Russian government:
    “Give me the Uranium.”
    *Presents Thorium*
    “No! I don’t want that!”

  • @monkilla165
    @monkilla165 2 года назад +6

    Mr. Krabs sold Spongebob's soul for 62 cents.

  • @flubadubdubthegreat1272
    @flubadubdubthegreat1272 Год назад +28

    There is one major inaccuracy in this video: thorium, as you said, is fertile and has to be turned into *Uranium-233* by running it through a nuclear reactor before it can be used as fuel. So 1. You're turning the thorium into an isotope of uranium in order to get power out of it, and 2. Uranium-233 can and has been used to make nuclear weapons.

    • @matthewharkin4073
      @matthewharkin4073 Год назад +7

      an isotope changes the neutron amount to change the material they would have to change the protons

    • @Whammytap
      @Whammytap 7 месяцев назад

      Thorium and uranium are both elements. You can't change one element into another. If you could, that would literally be alchemy.

  • @ChewedUpSpaghetti
    @ChewedUpSpaghetti 5 лет назад +877

    You know the radiation is bad when wolverine has 4 claws

  • @deadaccount8099
    @deadaccount8099 4 года назад +4706

    “lets start with mining”
    No, you have to start with punching trees.

  • @colecook834
    @colecook834 2 года назад +8

    Also you can make last even longer with a thermian shell. Causes the neutron particles to bounce back at the cell giving them a chance to merge with another molecule that has lost one of it neutrons.

  • @JustLeo420
    @JustLeo420 8 месяцев назад +7

    Sending this to my state representatives

  • @trashpanda8925
    @trashpanda8925 4 года назад +25162

    i used this as a source for my chemistry hw and got max points, thanks Sam for saving my academical life and my ha ha funny life as well

  • @HeathenGeek
    @HeathenGeek 7 лет назад +3087

    At last, a video the politicians can understand.

    • @ffnovice7
      @ffnovice7 7 лет назад +162

      your expecting too much of you're typical tenured politician

    • @capncrunch4864
      @capncrunch4864 7 лет назад +112

      lefu come on. You used the correct form of "too" but not "your?" I'm disappointed

    • @TheBacknblack92
      @TheBacknblack92 6 лет назад +80

      HeathenGeek whole reason it wasn't used was because it couldn't be used in nukes. Making uranium reactors allowed us to make nukes and energy. So you're killing two birds with one nuclear Holocaust. By the time we stopped making so many nukes we also had stopped building nuclear reactors and scare tactics from environmental lobbying groups had made the public fearful of nuclear energy
      Thorium is our only fiesable solution to get away from fossil fuels. Everything else is a pipe dream and no matter how much money you pour into renewables like solar they can only shave off a fraction of our energy needs
      Cleaner nuclear energy that can't be weaponized. Funny it's not fuel companies preventing it it's environmentalists. Guess if it took off they wouldn't have the government throwing hundreds of billions at their failing businesses

    • @madscientistshusta
      @madscientistshusta 6 лет назад +11

      Stopreadingmyusername 100% acuarate my friend.

    • @shabushabu13
      @shabushabu13 6 лет назад +70

      There's no fat envelope of cash attached to this video that a lobbyist can use to make a politician understand.

  • @AverageKarma
    @AverageKarma Год назад +6

    crazy how entertaining and informative this is. sam is the best teacher ngl

  • @comet8539
    @comet8539 Год назад +12

    Side note
    Thorium reactors require a lot more work and precision when it comes to the manufacturing of the rods needed. Sure, the energy benefits are enormous, but you need to be careful otherwise you will get a harmful gamma ray burst.

    • @rachard
      @rachard Год назад +4

      Source?
      We nEE d further education on this subject

  • @BDChupacabra
    @BDChupacabra 3 года назад +2927

    I've tried 4 years to be thorium. And I'm still uranium.

    • @juniperrodley9843
      @juniperrodley9843 3 года назад +81

      I KNEW I WASN'T THE ONLY ONE TO KILL PEOPLE WHO WAKE ME UP WITH CHEMICAL WEAPONS

    • @BDChupacabra
      @BDChupacabra 3 года назад +22

      @@juniperrodley9843 sometimes. It do be like dat 🙂

    • @thevoiceinyourhead7215
      @thevoiceinyourhead7215 3 года назад +19

      You’re getting there, remember to take care of yourself too though, that means daily walks, good hydration, good food, and no matter what your boss says, even people like thorium have off days and need a break sometimes. I believe in you

    • @juniperrodley9843
      @juniperrodley9843 3 года назад +7

      @@thevoiceinyourhead7215 couldn't have said it better myself

    • @melikshah4564
      @melikshah4564 3 года назад +9

      @@juniperrodley9843 because it's the voice in your head

  • @nobull2354
    @nobull2354 3 года назад +3537

    Thorium is currently living a successful life as a lawyer and has a wife, 3 kids, house with a white picket fence, and a golden retriever named buddy. He volunteers at the local soup kitchen every weekend, goes to church, and is paying for his kids to go to college.
    Edit: thank you guys for my best comment on RUclips

    • @viljamiritvanen2709
      @viljamiritvanen2709 3 года назад +34

      is he boring or what?

    • @SourShrimp
      @SourShrimp 3 года назад +188

      @@viljamiritvanen2709 sometimes successful means boring

    • @bigboi1005
      @bigboi1005 3 года назад +39

      Little does he know uranium is at his door

    • @viljamiritvanen2709
      @viljamiritvanen2709 3 года назад +6

      @@SourShrimp successful at what? Being boring?

    • @samd2612
      @samd2612 3 года назад +7

      Who is uranium then?

  • @lukeparker9756
    @lukeparker9756 Год назад +4

    I legit used this for a presentation on my college level English class and I got an a

  • @minhdang8219
    @minhdang8219 Год назад

    Thank you for giving me inspiration for a school paper a couple years ago! Just revisited this video~

  • @12lbbluefish3
    @12lbbluefish3 3 года назад +2310

    Me: reads title as "Why Thorium sucks"
    me: is confused for 4 minutes and 32 seconds.

  • @omargarcia6068
    @omargarcia6068 4 года назад +3242

    Sam O’Nella: says Iran *once*
    RUclips recommendations: Everyone Needs To See This

    • @ashercanmakeapun4554
      @ashercanmakeapun4554 4 года назад +8

      I’m here from a playlist with all his videos

    • @ferret4072
      @ferret4072 4 года назад +12

      I'm here watching re-runs because I love this channel. Are you seriously telling me that Sammy was trending? If so that's fucking cool :)

    • @screamsinrussian5773
      @screamsinrussian5773 4 года назад +6

      @@xxswagmastermike_7kxx568 >generic template label
      >dank
      lolno

    • @rangastudios4394
      @rangastudios4394 4 года назад +3

      Eat your cereal

    • @thesovietkevin7275
      @thesovietkevin7275 4 года назад

      >youtube recommendations
      >bad
      >nobody:
      >bad
      >yes
      >bad
      >2020 anyone?
      >bad

  • @kvbk
    @kvbk Год назад +2

    This is my first experience with this channel and i am gonna click on every video of your's.

  • @dark_433
    @dark_433 Год назад +7

    how did this guy from years ago teach me more about Thorium in 4 minutes than a video from a few months ago that is 23:46 in length

  • @user-pm1gb2eo1s
    @user-pm1gb2eo1s 4 года назад +3828

    Bonus points for having “Thor” in the name.

    • @1a2b3c4d_
      @1a2b3c4d_ 4 года назад +24

      Yeah I guess, but it’s not actually meant to be pronounced the same,
      Thor = tor
      Thorium = Thorium

    • @carcinogenicthalidomide3057
      @carcinogenicthalidomide3057 4 года назад +62

      Thorium was named after Thor. Similar to polonium named after Poland and many other elements.

    • @user-pm1gb2eo1s
      @user-pm1gb2eo1s 4 года назад +17

      Carcinogenic Thalidomide Dang, didn’t know that. That’s one hell of a fun fact.

    • @carcinogenicthalidomide3057
      @carcinogenicthalidomide3057 4 года назад +12

      @@user-pm1gb2eo1s you can thank the internet.

    • @BATMANSON
      @BATMANSON 4 года назад +2

      Dude I almost liked this comment though look at the like number

  • @DickKick
    @DickKick 3 года назад +6688

    *watching video*
    "Thorium is so much better than uranium, why don't the Americans use it as nuclear fuel?"
    3:51 "oooh that's why"

    • @DickKick
      @DickKick 3 года назад +221

      @Oscar Hill no

    • @RusskiBlusski
      @RusskiBlusski 3 года назад +346

      It is actually the reason why we use Uranium instead of Thorium.

    • @DickKick
      @DickKick 3 года назад +253

      @@RusskiBlusski i know, and that's fucked

    • @comradebrainnuker7321
      @comradebrainnuker7321 3 года назад +395

      I'm not 100% certain, so don't quote me on this:
      So yeah, that is the reason why everyone used uranium as nuclear fuel back in the atomic age, as basically everybody and their mother tried to get their hands on nuclear weapons. The reason we're not (yet) using thorium en masse, is because the existing reactors need to be altered pretty drastically to accommodate use of thorium rather than uranium. I don't think we've quite perfected the technology, but we're working on it.
      Practically every country has agreed we don't really want to use nuclear weapons (looking at you, North Korea), so the world is actually actively working toward transitioning to using thorium only

    • @DickKick
      @DickKick 3 года назад +47

      @@comradebrainnuker7321 pretty sure the reason is still the same. The transition would not be hard to overcome, considering the results

  • @gharr2758
    @gharr2758 Месяц назад +1

    every time the topic of clean energy comes up in my life I think of this video

  • @nishantmahant6573
    @nishantmahant6573 2 года назад +1

    I love your way of explaining complex topics

  • @WolfgangvonHam
    @WolfgangvonHam 4 года назад +2808

    Nuclear power is the way forward. You can’t be a proactive environmentalist without considering nuclear energy

    • @plederfagella9774
      @plederfagella9774 4 года назад +274

      I love the environment and Thorium is definitely the way to go. Solar panels are cool and all but they have to have batteries and all that fancy stuff where as nuclear can just keep going along with the fac that it is much more efficient and cheaper.

    • @st3gosaurus
      @st3gosaurus 4 года назад +151

      THORIUM ÜBER ALLES

    • @AsloAso
      @AsloAso 4 года назад +112

      Otto von Hammersmark Im an ethical thinker in regards to the environment and I agree fourth generation nuclear power such as thorium molten salt reactors and sodium-cooled fast reactors are the way to go, for clean plentiful energy.

    • @AmarzzAelin
      @AmarzzAelin 4 года назад +10

      Only degrowth and decentralized energy systems can be fair.

    • @JollyJuiice
      @JollyJuiice 4 года назад +90

      @@AmarzzAelin *a mini thorium reactor in every neighborhood, please*

  • @samwolfenstein5239
    @samwolfenstein5239 7 лет назад +1992

    "Well, Thorium is pimpin in that regard too"

  • @alangarcia8946
    @alangarcia8946 Год назад +2

    I refuse to believe this was posted in 2016. I remember watching it the day he uploaded 😵‍💫

  • @benjaminvleugels5609
    @benjaminvleugels5609 Год назад +2

    Thorium also has a great refractive index so its fantastic to make camera optics with it

  • @smokecity6889
    @smokecity6889 5 лет назад +1020

    "Uranium sucks, it's kinda like that kid with ADHD."
    *Cries Inside*

    • @lucasmucas9072
      @lucasmucas9072 4 года назад +6

      Ok ok off topic but what the fuck is a dinosgoroar

    • @AwesomeTheAsim
      @AwesomeTheAsim 4 года назад

      Yeah what is a Dinosgoroar?

    • @lucasmucas9072
      @lucasmucas9072 4 года назад +3

      A Akd oooh waitwait it’s three different words
      Dinos go roar

    • @AwesomeTheAsim
      @AwesomeTheAsim 4 года назад +1

      @@lucasmucas9072 OOOOHHH! Thank you lol. I tried to search it on google xD

    • @lucasmucas9072
      @lucasmucas9072 4 года назад

      A Akd wow really

  • @corneliali7747
    @corneliali7747 4 года назад +1901

    The thing is, Thorium isn't new. When nuclear reactor was first introduced Uranium was chosen precisely because it's by-product is essential to nuclear weapon. Back then where coal and oil are still the major source of energy the purpose of nuclear plant really was just needed to help making bombs.

    • @B.D.B.
      @B.D.B. 4 года назад +99

      Well to be fair, you can't make the plutonium needed for a thorium reactor without a uranium reactor.

    • @vincentvega7865
      @vincentvega7865 3 года назад +13

      ooooh that makes sense

    • @comradebrainnuker7321
      @comradebrainnuker7321 3 года назад +106

      I'll do you one better: The Soviets used to have thorium reactors, before switching to uranium precisely because of that reason

    • @evermunt
      @evermunt 3 года назад +94

      Correct! During the development of the nuclear reactor, Alvin Weinberg had a Torium reactor running for roughly 15,000 hours from 1965 to 1969. But the US discontinued this research because they settled on uranium. What a gigantic mistake.... Imagine if they didn't, the US would now be the world wide supplier of cheap, clean reliable energy.

    • @KeshTM
      @KeshTM 3 года назад +2

      Bjorn J nerd

  • @orangnejones
    @orangnejones 2 года назад +7

    2:40
    cool forgotten scene for like, one frame here

    • @weeb_dweeb
      @weeb_dweeb 2 года назад +1

      What the hell is going on?

    • @phatboi6650
      @phatboi6650 2 года назад +2

      Put it on 0.25x speed to see for yourself, seems to be uranium releasing a bunch of radiation

  • @Isaaac165
    @Isaaac165 Год назад +1

    You’ve convinced me to pick a side for a debate I didn’t even know existed.

  • @aaroncatoe1531
    @aaroncatoe1531 5 лет назад +3201

    Excuse me but there is a huge lack of Thor puns.

    • @jmfirelord
      @jmfirelord 5 лет назад +39

      Aaron McEdgelord
      Sam would probably just joke around how Thor is a Cripple. So.

    • @danielthegamer256
      @danielthegamer256 5 лет назад +34

      if Thor make his own iron man suit he will be called Thorium man.

    • @mythicize2351
      @mythicize2351 5 лет назад +13

      That's thorrible

    • @fangorn23
      @fangorn23 5 лет назад +13

      well dont get thor about it

    • @mythicize2351
      @mythicize2351 5 лет назад +5

      @@fangorn23 I almost thorgot my rage

  • @El_Chompo
    @El_Chompo 7 лет назад +1326

    China is the only country right now developing Thorium reactors. Apparently the reason I read that no other country does it is because since the technology is so different from traditional nuclear reactors that the regulatory agencies don't know how to regulate new plants and say that they are safe. I have no idea how true or not that is, but props to China for developing one of the most promising power sources on earth. Last I read they are making a mini LFTR and if it is successful they will scale up the size through a few generations until they have a full size plant.

    • @DeathbyDusk
      @DeathbyDusk 7 лет назад +40

      Check your research, CANDU reactors can use thorium, and have been able to for decades.

    • @seantheguy1391
      @seantheguy1391 7 лет назад +51

      Um actually China runs on coal

    • @Pittigpiertje
      @Pittigpiertje 7 лет назад +16

      i think you mean india

    • @carcotasu081
      @carcotasu081 7 лет назад +122

      The only thing India is developing are designated shitting streets

    • @Scientist538
      @Scientist538 7 лет назад +8

      China have now put MSRs on the backburner and for thorium based cycles are instead focusing on a solid fueled pebble bed thorium reactor similar to India's reactors which won't even be finished until 2024 (bare in mind this will be a prototype reactor). It looks like they intend to continue work on the MSR experiment after that period so its presented itself a good opportunity for a western country to look into the technology in the meantime and begin working on a modern day MSRe before expanding upon the program. The MSRe built by oakridge national laboratories was the second ever (the first being the atomic plane prototype reactor that was scraped after ICBMs became viable) and the first true MSR. They built it from near scratch in only 5 years after which it was critical for another 4 years without fault, this was done on 80 million USD of funding (adjusted for inflation) with construction beginning in 1960.

  • @edwardwitten905
    @edwardwitten905 6 месяцев назад +5

    As the BIG Peter Griffin said: WHY ARE WE NOT FUNDING THIS??

  • @THISISMCD
    @THISISMCD 2 года назад +4

    I’m writing a paper on nuclear energy and I’m quoting this video for a large majority of said paper, wish me luck.

    • @kadevanschindel5285
      @kadevanschindel5285 2 года назад

      Nuclear energy will never work, it doesn't have the votes in congress to pass. Democrats are not on board with nuclear energy and Republicans are not much better.

    • @THISISMCD
      @THISISMCD 2 года назад

      I got an A

  • @pinecone9619
    @pinecone9619 5 лет назад +2055

    You should have made plutonium stand beneath thorium acting as thoriums missing leg.
    That would've been funny

    • @JaggedBird
      @JaggedBird 5 лет назад +36

      Pine Cone a plutonium peg leg...that works

    • @wbaumschlager
      @wbaumschlager 4 года назад +2

      Plutonium has nothing to do with Thorium.

    • @TTTodd
      @TTTodd 4 года назад +33

      @@wbaumschlager you have to use the plutonium to get the energy out of the thorium

    • @wbaumschlager
      @wbaumschlager 4 года назад +7

      @@TTTodd Not at all. Thorium (which is fertile) just needs to capture a neutron to make it's way to U233 (which is fissile).

    • @crimsonfox8596
      @crimsonfox8596 4 года назад +4

      I support that

  • @idk-rv1by
    @idk-rv1by 3 года назад +1615

    I may end up sending this to my uncle who reposted a video "thorium: a rock no one needs"

    • @shotguntornado
      @shotguntornado 3 года назад +333

      I had no idea the public discourse on thorium was so passionate.

    • @TheIT221
      @TheIT221 3 года назад +35

      Star Wars: Do it

    • @stoopid2249
      @stoopid2249 3 года назад +24

      Do it

    • @heem8814
      @heem8814 3 года назад +11

      did you do it

    • @mancillamarie
      @mancillamarie 3 года назад +8

      did you do it

  • @minetieplays2092
    @minetieplays2092 2 года назад +3

    My physics teacher played this video in class as part of our power production unit

  • @literallytheunitedstatesof1842
    @literallytheunitedstatesof1842 2 года назад +13

    5 years later and we're still waiting for a lot of thorium reactors to be made

    • @kanisch5825
      @kanisch5825 2 года назад

      It's almost as if worshipping and betting on one technology that isn't even feasible yet isn't such a great idea.

    • @literallytheunitedstatesof1842
      @literallytheunitedstatesof1842 2 года назад +5

      @@kanisch5825 it is feasible it's just that no one wants to make it

    • @tesseract2144
      @tesseract2144 Год назад

      @@literallytheunitedstatesof1842 Yeah because no one wants to make something that would be objectively superior than the current thing. Everyone is baaaaad

    • @user-tg3vq6qf6h
      @user-tg3vq6qf6h 4 месяца назад

      ​@@literallytheunitedstatesof1842India just made one

    • @concept5631
      @concept5631 Месяц назад

      ​@@user-tg3vq6qf6h That's good

  • @pizzapr2001
    @pizzapr2001 7 лет назад +2381

    Wow thorium is such a cool dude

    • @ffnovice7
      @ffnovice7 7 лет назад +40

      he doesn't afraid of anything

    • @kara0211
      @kara0211 6 лет назад +11

      you stole my line you beautiful person.

    • @ahyes2375
      @ahyes2375 6 лет назад +39

      Damn thorium leave some pussy for us guys

    • @golden6743
      @golden6743 6 лет назад +17

      Imma go out and buy thorium a drink.

    • @rayhoodoo847
      @rayhoodoo847 6 лет назад

      But thorium’s kind of a cripple

  • @shiveshsingh3169
    @shiveshsingh3169 3 года назад +1223

    India's entire nuclear energy program is geared towards producing nuclear energy from Thorium instead of Uranium. The only big issue is, as Sam mentioned, Plutonium. That's why current gen 'Fast Breeder' reactors are being developed, so that they can make enough Plutonium out of the conventional Uranium reactions. And as far as I have seen, India is the only country that is taking Thorium based nuclear energy seriously. It's really a fascinating thing to read about.

    • @MDMDMDMDMDMDMDMDMD
      @MDMDMDMDMDMDMDMDMD Год назад +143

      Probably doesn't hurt that India has 25% of the world's thorium reserves

    • @ChromePalace
      @ChromePalace Год назад

      Too bad India is basically a giant slum as of 2022. Maybe the future will be good to them.

    • @kl6544
      @kl6544 Год назад +43

      Not a proper yt comment section without that one india comment💀

    • @shiveshsingh3169
      @shiveshsingh3169 Год назад +81

      @@kl6544 Well, it's atleast relevant to the subject matter of the video. As far as I know, only India's nuclear program focuses on developing methods to extract energy from thorium on a commercial scale. Most of the other programs are either being defunded or reliant on traditional sources like Uranium.

    • @shiveshsingh3169
      @shiveshsingh3169 Год назад +13

      @@MDMDMDMDMDMDMDMDMD That's correct.

  • @monkeman8704
    @monkeman8704 10 месяцев назад +2

    Copied this for my 5th grade presentation and forgot to cut out the swear words. Best trip to the principals office ever.

  • @DonnaPinciot
    @DonnaPinciot Год назад +3

    Huh, I wonder why this suddenly got recommended?
    I was hoping it's because Sam came back, but not yet. _Not yet..._

  • @Greyco12
    @Greyco12 3 года назад +6250

    Me with ADHD seeing the part about ADHD kids: never before have I been so offended by something I, 100 percent agree with
    also, Sam has very good points, shit like this is super interesting, i would recommend looking into nuclear reactors and how they work, basically they use the heat from the radioactive element to heat massive steam turbines

    • @YGR12five7
      @YGR12five7 3 года назад +80

      I just agreed, although instead of Ritalin it's Vyvanse

    • @simondalle2623
      @simondalle2623 3 года назад +67

      Same brother. I was like listen here... You... Fuck off

    • @klayproductions5431
      @klayproductions5431 3 года назад +71

      I was looking for this comment. I feel the same... adhd sucks

    • @arthurschildgen5522
      @arthurschildgen5522 3 года назад +5

      same bro.

    • @simondalle2623
      @simondalle2623 3 года назад +28

      You know what's worse? No uploads, I need my fix

  • @Offroadcircus
    @Offroadcircus 7 лет назад +3500

    This seems like one of those channels that should have like a million subs why doesn't it

    • @LupusInCaligo
      @LupusInCaligo 7 лет назад +58

      Because it just started a few months ago. Give it time, like, 3-4 weeks and hes going to be up there

    • @riestainissamanius6439
      @riestainissamanius6439 7 лет назад

      Toolman329 wow now its nearly 29 K

    • @benphone7430
      @benphone7430 7 лет назад +2

      Toolman329 unsubbed because of this shit.

    • @ImmunityAnimations
      @ImmunityAnimations 7 лет назад +7

      +Ben Phone wat?

    • @anthrax6685
      @anthrax6685 7 лет назад +4

      Offroad circus he needs to start drama with another RUclipsr that will get his numbers up

  • @Lucidus741
    @Lucidus741 Год назад +4

    DID THIS CRIPLE BEATER JUST CALL ME URANIUM????

  • @Gunslingerian
    @Gunslingerian Год назад +2

    thoriums so good that there was even a terraria mod named after them

  • @puertoricanboy100
    @puertoricanboy100 3 года назад +1121

    I have presented this video in multiple consultations with energy holding groups... suffice to say that none have made a switch but one power plant changed it's front door locks so I can't keep going back talking about Thorium

    • @chadthundercock7897
      @chadthundercock7897 3 года назад +13

      This video is retarded, that's why. Thorium is a precursor decay product to Radium, the largest producer of radon gas. Bust out a chart of nuclides. 238 can be fed to breeder reactors, enrichment is only necessary to make weapons or special reactors. Thorium needs to be bred into Uranium 234, which has a virtually identical fission yield coefficient to 235. It produces the same nuclear waste.

    • @quandarioustoddricioushorn9292
      @quandarioustoddricioushorn9292 3 года назад +105

      @@chadthundercock7897 I'm pretty sure thorium has to be combined with plutonium and not uranium. Plus. Thorium does more work and is more efficient then uranium.

    • @UncleAsmos2005
      @UncleAsmos2005 3 года назад +89

      @@chadthundercock7897 For someone called Chad, you sure act like an angry ex against Thorium.

    • @-Generic-
      @-Generic- 3 года назад +85

      @@chadthundercock7897 There are currently 7 research reactors that use Thorium and they all use *Plutonium* to kick off the reaction just like the videos states. Takes about 10 seconds to google search that to prove you're wrong and the video right.

    • @madisenkornele3227
      @madisenkornele3227 3 года назад +40

      @@chadthundercock7897 God, you just got destroyed via academia.

  • @fossticles1618
    @fossticles1618 6 лет назад +74

    "Thorium not weaponizable" *tapes thorium on a stick and beats people over the head*

  • @needsmoreboosters4264
    @needsmoreboosters4264 Месяц назад +2

    Also, Three Mile Island had a death toll of... zero. That also includes zero excess deaths from any cause, including aftereffects of contamination.

  • @micahphilson
    @micahphilson Год назад +4

    Even 3 Mile Island wasn't something to worry about.
    Kyle Hill's video is a great documentary about its effects, but really it released virtually no significant radiation.

    • @user-ei6qn1db7b
      @user-ei6qn1db7b Год назад

      Why don't you go there and find out

    • @micahphilson
      @micahphilson 11 месяцев назад +2

      @@user-ei6qn1db7b Go to TMI? I may not remember exactly, but during the incident, the outside of the building recorded radiation levels on the same level as regular coal power plants do on the daily due to C-13. The increase in expected cancer cases due to fission product release to the environment is 0.5 people. A flip of the coin if even one nearby person ended up developing cancer due to that event, which is a lower risk than secondhand smoke.

  • @chunkymonkey2285
    @chunkymonkey2285 4 года назад +776

    Cold War-era governments (including ours) backed uranium-based reactors because they produced plutonium - handy for making nuclear weapons. And now its very expensive to switch to thorium.
    That's why most nuclear power plants use uranium for those of you wondering.

    • @DISTurbedwaffle918
      @DISTurbedwaffle918 3 года назад +35

      Uranium still kicks ass compared to most alternative power sources.

    • @Newlifestyle307
      @Newlifestyle307 3 года назад +9

      www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/why-arent-we-using-thorium-in-nuclear-reactors

    • @xXNP4CNuclearXx
      @xXNP4CNuclearXx 3 года назад +64

      So cool how we spend our money and efforts to make those nukes we never use :)

    • @chunkymonkey2285
      @chunkymonkey2285 3 года назад +5

      @@Newlifestyle307 That's exactly where i got my info lol

    • @chunkymonkey2285
      @chunkymonkey2285 3 года назад +7

      @@xXNP4CNuclearXx idk if cool is the correct word ;)

  • @FuzzyChain
    @FuzzyChain 3 года назад +1529

    This video and 30 minutes of research got me 100% on my ELA final

    • @kadevanschindel5285
      @kadevanschindel5285 2 года назад

      Worth noting when you watch this video- Democrats in congress hate nuclear energy including AOC and Bernie Sanders. Republicans on the other hand support nuclear energy pretty universally, with close to 70% of the Republican base supporting nuclear energy and basically all Republican elected officials believing the same. If you actually support nuclear energy you should ask people like AOC and Bernie Sanders why they don't, and put pressure on them to support nuclear. Nuclear energy can't be used if Republicans are the only ones supporting it, it won't have the votes to pass.

    • @alex.d09
      @alex.d09 2 года назад +12

      thats is incredible well done!

    • @realhuman5688
      @realhuman5688 2 года назад +7

      pog

    • @Triikouu
      @Triikouu Год назад +2

      nerd

    • @askamikaze3936
      @askamikaze3936 Год назад +4

      Great job dude

  • @zaphodhead1
    @zaphodhead1 2 года назад +1

    Hey kids, I'm from 5 years in the future and I learned something new today. Thanks Sam O'nella

  • @prisimbreaker9543
    @prisimbreaker9543 Год назад +1

    This video saved my science assignment, Thank You!

  • @mr.scarecrow5005
    @mr.scarecrow5005 6 лет назад +2239

    Honestly, if school teachers taught classes like this it would probably lead to an increase in grades, student productivity and kids actually wanting to go to school. It's entertaining and educational.

    • @supermonkeyball7488
      @supermonkeyball7488 6 лет назад +127

      if only grades weren't so weighted in current schools, that's why people cheat on tests in the first place

    • @tezz_27_
      @tezz_27_ 6 лет назад +64

      I imagine this would be hard to keep up for at least 30 minutes a day. especially if you had to do it 5 days a week.

    • @immortalmachine5839
      @immortalmachine5839 6 лет назад +35

      Not everyone is entertaining though, thats the thing

    • @Lee-fw5bd
      @Lee-fw5bd 6 лет назад +40

      Mr. Scarecrow I doubt it. While an entertaining teacher can definitely make someone care about something, to an extent at least, it is not only unreasonable and impractical to have every class be taught in this style, but I don't think the teacher is usually the main reason students aren't engaged in school. Also, RUclips education misses the reinforcement stage of learning, so ultimately, not much would really change even if a teacher was like Sam O'Nella.
      Basically, don't compare a RUclips video to school and the engagement of the student isn't solely (or even mainly) on the teacher.

    • @jmitterii2
      @jmitterii2 5 лет назад +18

      It's more a primer than educational. It mentions conclusions without any details at all as if people were completely dumb.
      But if it helps get the thinking caps on... why not.

  • @ElLucoso
    @ElLucoso 3 года назад +535

    Also if you put Thorium on a stick you can shoot cool magic bolts

    • @brandongouveia8198
      @brandongouveia8198 3 года назад +48

      I sense a Terraria ref

    • @MrMetropolis
      @MrMetropolis 3 года назад +42

      Just don’t pair it up with a calamity, too many OP weapons

    • @FakeEgg
      @FakeEgg 3 года назад +6

      @@MrMetropolis yeah

    • @Linktober04
      @Linktober04 3 года назад +1

      Nice

    • @melikshah4564
      @melikshah4564 3 года назад +2

      but only with some thicc Polonium

  • @JamesTheAce0
    @JamesTheAce0 2 года назад +13

    This video pretty much gave me an A on my physics test. Thanks Sam.

  • @sycowood65
    @sycowood65 2 года назад

    I’d never thought I would use this information.. but turns out.. I have to write an essay on Thorium.. thanks Sam for being there before I knew I needed you

  • @1stgamerx
    @1stgamerx 7 лет назад +4234

    one thing to note is that depleted uranium is great for tank armor.

    • @direpup21
      @direpup21 7 лет назад +413

      U-238 is used for military they have tonnes of that around they don't need to use nuclear byproducts

    • @kylestallings9684
      @kylestallings9684 7 лет назад +84

      1stgamerx I thought MGSV said it wasn't that good for tank armor...

    • @puncheex2
      @puncheex2 7 лет назад +339

      Its better as armour penetrators. It is, though, very good radiation shielding.

    • @FluffyTurbo
      @FluffyTurbo 7 лет назад +45

      1stgamerx and breaking said armor

    • @lourencoalmada1305
      @lourencoalmada1305 6 лет назад +297

      Uranium is great for tank armor and penetrators, but when it penetrates or is penetrated it turns into EXTREMELY poisonous dust.

  • @gittonsxv126
    @gittonsxv126 3 года назад +226

    You want to know the saddest part that Nella forgot to mention?
    The reason we don't have these plants is not because its too advanced for us, but because nobody wants to spend the money.
    Imagine that, the next generation of fuel and energy sitting right there for anyone to take but they would rather burn all the oil in the world first.

    • @GumSkyloard
      @GumSkyloard 3 года назад +44

      "Hey, there's this Thorium thingy, let's use it!"
      "But NUKES-"
      "B-but it's the next generation of energy and f-"
      *"NUKES"*

    • @thebiggestcheems
      @thebiggestcheems Год назад +14

      welcome to capitalism

    • @noahabel5698
      @noahabel5698 Год назад +43

      @@thebiggestcheems Not so much capitalism as politically fueled corporations. Do you think Uranium would be given the time of day if governments didn't buy the stuff for weapons? The government is far more to blame than is the free market.

    • @thebiggestcheems
      @thebiggestcheems Год назад +13

      @@noahabel5698
      Eh, get rid of em both I say.

    • @noahabel5698
      @noahabel5698 Год назад +18

      @@thebiggestcheems Depends. Free market economics is fine. But the "capitalism" we have today is not free market economics by any stretch of the word. So if we were to discard current day economics, I'd be fine with it, as long as it was replaced with less governmental intervention. As it stands, the majority of corporations can exist solely because of the government. Sometimes it is because corporations manipulate the government. Sometimes it is because the government invests itself into corporations through bailouts, subsidies, tax breaks, etc. Most business in a free market would take place on a much smaller scale. Most being local or at most regional. The few that did become international would do so through sheer efficiency, and even then they couldn't stomp out competition as unfairly as corporations do currently.

  • @thescroteobliterator
    @thescroteobliterator 2 года назад +1

    thank you. using a shit ton of this info for my huge chem project due tomorrow that i just started tonight. you’re a good man.

  • @firstgg7423
    @firstgg7423 2 года назад

    Sometimes I look back on these videos and think about how much I miss him

  • @MrCovi2955
    @MrCovi2955 3 года назад +982

    0:31 "He's a lot like uranium, just a lot more chill"
    Turns Thorium the color of supercritical plutonium.

    • @benthomason3307
      @benthomason3307 3 года назад +104

      it's also the color of ice, which is probably what he was going for.

    • @yourfunniboi423
      @yourfunniboi423 3 года назад +69

      Blue calms the mind so thats what it means to chill and vibe

    • @lucidhighway4403
      @lucidhighway4403 3 года назад +28

      The hottest fire is blue fire because it's in complete combustion

    • @weirdTedE91
      @weirdTedE91 2 года назад +47

      I don't think it's the plutonium that's supercritical here...

    • @BinglesP
      @BinglesP 2 года назад +7

      @@weirdTedE91 Good one

  • @Sansu_Fox
    @Sansu_Fox 3 года назад +655

    My name is Thorium. I’m 33 years old. My house is in the northeast section of Morioh, where all the villas are, and I am not married. I work as an employee for the Kame Yu department stores, and I get home every day by 8 PM at the latest. I don’t smoke, but I occasionally drink. I’m in bed by 11 PM, and make sure I get eight hours of sleep, no matter what. After having a glass of warm milk and doing about twenty minutes of stretches before going to bed, I usually have no problems sleeping until morning. Just like a baby, I wake up without any fatigue or stress in the morning. I was told there were no issues at my last check-up. I’m trying to explain that I’m a person who wishes to live a very quiet life. I take care not to trouble myself with any enemies, like winning and losing, that would cause me to lose sleep at night. That is how I deal with society, and I know that is what brings me happiness. Although, if I were to fight I wouldn’t lose to anyone.

    • @funny5081
      @funny5081 3 года назад +18

      Yoshikage Kira moment

    • @antivaxxerchild6170
      @antivaxxerchild6170 3 года назад +19

      iS tHIs a JOjO REfeReNce?

    • @funny5081
      @funny5081 3 года назад +36

      @@antivaxxerchild6170 No it's a mario kart reference.

    • @Sansu_Fox
      @Sansu_Fox 3 года назад +22

      @@antivaxxerchild6170 no it's titanfall reference

    • @annfokker
      @annfokker 3 года назад +17

      @@antivaxxerchild6170 no it's a warhammer 40k reference

  • @spring.on.neptune
    @spring.on.neptune Год назад +1

    this will help tremendously for my project thank you

  • @king-zahi2438
    @king-zahi2438 Год назад +2

    I cited this video in my end-of-high-school research paper and got a 90