tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282587.post349366648634415165..comments2024-03-19T01:48:39.709+00:00Comments on Power and Control: Main Street SavvyM. Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09508934110558197375noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282587.post-35625142499834500472008-12-15T02:51:00.000+00:002008-12-15T02:51:00.000+00:00The problem with trying to use research to soak up...The problem with trying to use research to soak up the unemployed is that research can only really be done by the top 10% of the population.<BR/><BR/>Such people tend to have no problem finding jobs today.Richard Sharpehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03954078329858407279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282587.post-13188933136799857502008-12-14T17:36:00.000+00:002008-12-14T17:36:00.000+00:00not enough people beleve that Bussard fusion will ...<I>not enough people beleve that Bussard fusion will deliver enough energy to be worth pursuing</I><BR/><BR/>That is where I come in. I'm taking great pains to get enough people to believe. Once that happens there will be an unlimited energy resource. <BR/><BR/>I had thought about harnessing the belief of devout Christians but I have found them difficult to work with. <BR/><BR/>(\sarc)<BR/><BR/>It doesn't matter what people believe. It only has to work - which is by no means a sure thing. <BR/><BR/>In any case IEC is already used in portable neutron generators. No fundamental reason the efficiency couldn't be improved so that such a device could be used for transmutation.M. Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09508934110558197375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282587.post-53695840313234911892008-12-14T16:37:00.000+00:002008-12-14T16:37:00.000+00:00I think not enough people beleve that Bussard fusi...I think not enough people beleve that Bussard fusion will deliver enough energy to be worth pursuing,but there is a growing interest in laser fusion, both "fast-ignition and now the fusion/fission hybrid recently announced at Lawrence Livermore.<BR/>Obviously we want to get away from fission as soon as we can, but there is something interesting about the hybrid laser fusion approach... it extracts the huge amount of energy not "burned" during the fission process and "burns" the fissile material to much lower volumes, thus massively reducing the storage problem for the long life waste we already have in store.<BR/>Here's a link to a film about pure fast-ignition laser fusion (the HiPER Project) and a bit about tokamak fusion too. Remember... no radioactivity, no CO2 and the fuel... from sea-water ! Very handy ! Here's the link....<BR/>http://www.hiper-laser.org/hiper_dvd01.wmvJames W Makepeacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12420457329724768563noreply@blogger.com