tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282587.post5833188070316692506..comments2024-03-19T01:48:39.709+00:00Comments on Power and Control: Fusion - False AlarmM. Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09508934110558197375noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282587.post-87824145608284238612007-08-26T10:07:00.000+00:002007-08-26T10:07:00.000+00:00Jeremy,Note the update at the top of the post.Jeremy,<BR/><BR/>Note the update at the top of the post.M. Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09508934110558197375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282587.post-2554408019362359352007-08-26T09:19:00.000+00:002007-08-26T09:19:00.000+00:00I wote the Govenors office requesting confirmation...I wote the Govenors office requesting confirmation, and got this patronising response...<BR/><BR/>"Thank you for writing Governor Schwarzenegger and sharing your proposal. <BR/>The Governor appreciates hearing from people who care about cleaner, more efficient energy consumption in our great state. Governor Schwarzenegger is honored that you would write him.<BR/><BR/>Combating global climate change depends on innovative people like you who are willing to take the initiative to develop new ideas and concepts. You are also welcome to share your ideas with the California Energy Commission, which can be contacted directly at:<BR/><BR/>California Energy Commission<BR/>Media and Public Communications Office<BR/>1516 Ninth Street, MS-29<BR/>Sacramento, California 95814-5512<BR/>(916) 654-4287<BR/><BR/>Again, thank you for writing Governor Schwarzenegger. The Governor truly appreciates your personal commitment to the future of the Golden State.<BR/><BR/>Sincerely,<BR/><BR/><BR/>Office of Constituent Affairs"adearthichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13063618488208442643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282587.post-37490738255060137432007-07-26T16:18:00.000+00:002007-07-26T16:18:00.000+00:00Well, it would be a better investment then ESCs. ...Well, it would be a better investment then <A HREF="http://www.australasianbioethics.org/Media/20020700-AA.html" REL="nofollow">ESC</A>s. <BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, I don't see a congruence of interests to support funding of Bussard's research.<BR/><BR/>Maybe a Presidential candidate will latch onto it as part of an energy policy.LarryDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10955273945502612268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282587.post-1024848531710849072007-07-26T08:25:00.000+00:002007-07-26T08:25:00.000+00:00cormac,Let me just say that Tom and I are in very ...cormac,<BR/><BR/>Let me just say that Tom and I are in very frequent contact.<BR/><BR/>Joe Strout of "Talk Polywell" busted the purveyors of this story with a call to the Governators office.M. Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09508934110558197375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282587.post-28643168435804304602007-07-26T08:06:00.000+00:002007-07-26T08:06:00.000+00:00I sent Tom Ligon (worked with Bussard on WB6 etc.)...I sent Tom Ligon (worked with Bussard on WB6 etc.) an e-mail about confirmation of the story and here's what he said:<BR/><BR/><I>I have not done so personally, but others on a couple of websites I frequent have apparently determined that this is a false report.<BR/> <BR/>Drat!</I><BR/><BR/>Was he talking about this blog? :)<BR/><BR/>@snake oil baron<BR/>As far as I know (and this isn't much) the most expensive thing on Bussard's proposed $200million price tag for the reactor developement would be the superconductors for the magnets. Once it's developed each subsequent reactor will be cheaper obviously (all hail mass production!). The reactors are relatively simple and won't generate neutrons so the reactor parts won't become irradiated and have their surfaces ablated. In theory it will be far more robust than ITER and other Deuterium-Tritium (D-T) reactors, and also more economical...<BR/><BR/>...in theory.Cormachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01693274142696718846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282587.post-7316760931955963702007-07-26T06:37:00.000+00:002007-07-26T06:37:00.000+00:00O dear, I guess you also had to explain what fusio...O dear, I guess you also had to explain what fusion was? The probably think it has something with Disco and rock?<BR/><BR/>lolGaby de Wildehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02327693016458655191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282587.post-43385469195830131282007-07-26T05:39:00.000+00:002007-07-26T05:39:00.000+00:00Baron,If the experiments proposed work out, net po...Baron,<BR/><BR/>If the experiments proposed work out, net power should not be too difficult. The first step is getting funding for the experiments.<BR/><BR/>The big draw is that a "no fuel" 100 MW to 1,000 MW reactor could be built for about the cost (or less) of a similar gas turbine combined cycle plant i.e. about a $1 a watt. Plus no thermal cycle.<BR/><BR/>The amount of machining required should be much less. The amount of material required should be much less. The only rotating components are the turbo pumps and the coolant pumps (H2O, LN2, LHe).M. Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09508934110558197375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282587.post-88949645108725449432007-07-26T04:41:00.000+00:002007-07-26T04:41:00.000+00:00Bummer. I think I was just beginning to understand...Bummer. I think I was just beginning to understand what going on inside this thing and why it was clever. I suspect that someone will pick up on it. If SETI can be rescued from the gallows without having succeeded in anything, surely a working fusion system can find funding. <BR/><BR/>So the proponents of this technology are fairly confident in its ability to not just make net power but make enough of it to make these things economical to build? Even with today's superconductor magnets that need to be cooled?Snake Oil Baronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14365352742028282744noreply@blogger.com