tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282587.post2079919736606877750..comments2024-03-19T01:48:39.709+00:00Comments on Power and Control: California To Fund Bussard FusionM. Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09508934110558197375noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282587.post-29934266443066141142007-07-26T00:43:00.000+00:002007-07-26T00:43:00.000+00:00Uncle Al,Magnetic and electrostatic fields in a hi...Uncle Al,<BR/><BR/>Magnetic and electrostatic fields in a high vacuum.<BR/><BR/>You know, physics.<BR/><BR/>The short version: its a vacuum tube invented by Hirsch and Farnsworth and improved by Dr. Bussard.<BR/><BR/>The Farnsworth version was producing fusion in 1959. i.e. What we have here is an improvement on old technology.M. Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09508934110558197375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282587.post-472013143011856382007-07-26T00:23:00.000+00:002007-07-26T00:23:00.000+00:00H-B fusion requires ion temperatures nine times hi...H-B fusion requires ion temperatures nine times higher than D-T fusion. H-B kinetics peak at 600 keV (6.6 billion centigrade). D-T peaks at 66 keV (730 million centigrade).<BR/><BR/>So what do you think - polystyrene foam, pink Fiberglas, or metallized Mylar for thermal insulation?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282587.post-923846336290447652007-07-25T20:37:00.000+00:002007-07-25T20:37:00.000+00:00Rae Ann,No reasonable offer refused!Rae Ann,<BR/><BR/>No reasonable offer refused!M. Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09508934110558197375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282587.post-7862476331667012962007-07-25T17:03:00.000+00:002007-07-25T17:03:00.000+00:00Better than sex? Man, you're missing out! ;-)Better than sex? Man, you're missing out! ;-)Rae Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10239791074376508016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282587.post-81963533387449101702007-07-25T10:54:00.000+00:002007-07-25T10:54:00.000+00:00@snake oil baronBecause you cannot easily combine ...@snake oil baron<BR/><BR/>Because you cannot easily combine slow and fast particles. The difference in speed of the electrons (that are continuously slowed down) and the oins, that are sped up to a very specific speed is so large that they won't combine. <BR/><BR/>Just as superman wouldn't be able to pick up more-or-less stationary humans while in flight (the forces generated would be too large to hold on, and even if he does hold on, he's superman after all, the person would be dead from the acceleration, or break in two. With ions there will be a force generated on the electron that will translate into a very fast acceleration, away from the ion, and way too much for magnetism to break)<BR/><BR/>You cannot grab on to a bus that's going 60 kph for the same reason : you will grab on, generate a force to attach you to the bus, and invariably a force will counteract that that will throw you (very hard) away from the bus.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282587.post-71706986600234809902007-07-25T10:33:00.000+00:002007-07-25T10:33:00.000+00:00I have to admit this is very thinly sourced. Howev...I have to admit this is very thinly sourced. However, the blurb was really well done. The story got most of the science right and did note correctly that Dr. Bussard is no flake.<BR/><BR/>What encourages me is that IEC Fusion of all types is starting to get public recognition.M. Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09508934110558197375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282587.post-23955924842543568582007-07-25T05:56:00.000+00:002007-07-25T05:56:00.000+00:00Next Energy News also posts stuff about "free-ener...Next Energy News also posts stuff about "free-energy". Read "perpetual motion". Water powered cars etc.<BR/><BR/>(cough)<BR/><BR/>I'm considering writing an e-mail to Bussard about this but I'll wait until there's more information out there.Cormachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01693274142696718846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282587.post-43522197504400533372007-07-25T05:45:00.000+00:002007-07-25T05:45:00.000+00:00I'm not sure I believe this story yet. Next Energ...I'm not sure I believe this story yet. Next Energy News (the source of the story) doesn't indicate how they came by that information, and there doesn't seem to be any corroboration yet.bamfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07306830670532635852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282587.post-40179032746682127572007-07-25T04:54:00.000+00:002007-07-25T04:54:00.000+00:00Snake: the "temperatures" involved at the centre o...Snake: the "temperatures" involved at the centre of the potential well are so high (i.e., the particles are moving so fast) that they have no chance to combine to form neutral atoms. That's what a plasma is, like in the centre of the sun.<BR/><BR/>I put temperature in quotes because the theory is that the electrons and ions do not have a strictly Maxwellian velocity distribution in this Pollywell system (i.e, all the particles have roughly the same velocity and are not "spread out" into a range of velocities) so they don't have a temperature in the classical-physics sense of the word. <BR/><BR/>BTW has anyone confirmed this story? I've been trying to find another source to confirm this excellent news. Because if this is true then I'm a very happy man :)Cormachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01693274142696718846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282587.post-85959862363623784982007-07-25T04:30:00.000+00:002007-07-25T04:30:00.000+00:00baron,Good point.The electrons get stripped off th...baron,<BR/><BR/>Good point.<BR/><BR/>The electrons get stripped off the atoms because of the high velocities and collisions with other atoms.<BR/><BR/>Probably a good place to start is the wiki on plasma physics.M. Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09508934110558197375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282587.post-26702080195467122482007-07-25T03:59:00.000+00:002007-07-25T03:59:00.000+00:00There is a very good animation on YouTube about ho...There is a very good animation on YouTube about how the electron confinement works but I seem to behaving trouble catching on to where the fusion comes in. Firing ions in seems to be involved but shouldn't they just combine with the electrons and form neutral atoms which would be able to escape the trap? Physics is not my first language so I have been unable to glean this info from any of the stories and write-ups I have read so far.Snake Oil Baronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14365352742028282744noreply@blogger.com