White Roses
By now you have probably heard of Energy Secretary Chu's plan to paint the roofs in America white to fight global warming.
He should have had a talk with Alice about the big mistake that was made in Wonderland
Cross Posted at Classical Values
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Msimon,
When the time comes that your exhaustive efforts fail to improve the Polywell's Q of 1e-5, may I suggest coating the vacuum chamber with a forest of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes, thus creating the closest known approximation to a blackbody on Earth!
Otherwise, you can always try something a bit more your speed: Dupont Duco #71 Wrought Iron Black paint available from Home Depot with emissivity of ~0.98 at 3 microns. By doing so, you and the rest of your merry band of True Believers will actually end up generating a pittance of energy. You in particular, Msimon, can then boastfully add another brilliant engineering success to your long and illustrious record of innovation.
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