The (false) assumption is that a person has inherent privacy both on the internets and in the carbon based world. A very quick look at your local property appraisers office or clerk of courts should show you that the individual must be vigilant in protecting this right.

I don't trust google anymore than I trust any individual I don't know. I am using their service, and I know that they can give up all me emails, on purpose or by accident, and I have to be aware of what I send over that service. Clearly google has done a foolish thing here, but based on the above, not one that should have been unexpected.

Such is the state of modern life. You can always shut it off.

Before you read any of the following, go study a good thermodynamics book. Understand the carnot cycle.

Then: Tom Clancy's book "Submarine" for a clear understanding of current reactor design, if simplified.

The thorium cycle is well documented in a fair amount of D.O.E. material which is available on the web. It is older but accurate.

Wikipedia has some (mostly) accurate data about the thorium cycle.

Check the American Nuclear Society web site for available books. Their really aren't that many to choose from.

All of this technology is well documented and pretty old. It is simply not used.