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If the polywell not works there are the other alternatives for fusion to explore. And in worse case 4generation fission and solar cells. If "polywell" doesn't work, then there will be some great questions unanswered. There'd be great opportunity for new hypotheses. My worst fear is that Gubberment ...

If such casual remarks get this much visibility and generate this much smoke this far into the future ( 2 Months), then I think we're going to see less casual remarks unless and until political momentum builds from in the venture capital environment, beyond the vagaries of government financing. We c...

For the sake of my grand kids who don't exist yet I sure hope we don't live that long! I can only imagine the horrific bureaucracy and time scales that would bring on. Might make the Vogons look good.... Once the electronics "revolution" stabilizes, a lot more "revolutions" in other fields will hap...

Dr. Taleyarkhan filing an appeal to the research misconduct against him. I don`t side with him or against him - but it seems to me that this world has gotten quite stupid. He should be asked to be present whenever independent confirmation of fusion claims are attempted to be made. He should be in t...

Scareduck's point of testable hypothesis is spot on. For the indepth view, the check out the pivotal 1962 essay by Thomas S. Kuhn " The structure of Scientific Revolutions"; It is the best description I've seen of science and all the dynamic that surrounds scientific theory and change. It's a great ...

The only value of theory is in future hypothesis. His theory is disjoint from his 'device'. After all if it actually worked, crankin' 50KW, would that mean the "hydrino theory is any more valid? ...No. Even the Steam Engine explanations were not entirely right to begin with. Sometimes devices preced...

It resonates with a part of me that says it just might work. I don't think we can underestimate the value of so many folks who simply "see it working" in their minds eye. No project was _ever_ finished without the engineers of the project visualizing the result. So many people just 'seeing' the Pol...

I give him this credit: He's not calling cold fusion, "fusion". He thinks it is another process. Hydrino isn't so bad; If you can split the "atom", then why not have an energy level lower than some supposed "ground state"? The atom was considered "that indivisible entity" at one time. Sure, all he ...

I give him this credit: He's not calling cold fusion, "fusion". He thinks it is another process. Hydrino isn't so bad; If you can split the "atom", then why not have an energy level lower than some supposed "ground state"? The atom was considered "that indivisible entity" at one time. I don't think ...

Till the sun stops shining and we can't grow stuff anymore. I guess you're talking about biofuel? Some biofuel has promise, especially algae, but most of the current biofuels are pure boondoggle. I'm a big fan of bioreactor algae though. Now to get the costs down and ramp production up. Just a matt...

Thank you. I was to dismiss it all as goofy nonsense, but now realize some of our slightly less critically agile Seniors may not.

There's some real evil motivation out there.

...Now if some of you think that the potential payoff compared to the cost is large enough to justify spending a few million dollars, a couple years doing experiments, or countless hours hanging around this forum, then I can understand that. I read your comment to mean that despite the slight and n...

hanelyp wrote:Did this make sense to anyone:?:

Its an ancient childhood rhyme .... in the original Klingon.

If we don't post on this thread anymore, it'll go to th bottom, where it belongs.

Hell, look what they've spent on JET, START and MAST already. They have political traction. $200M on polywell without resounding success just might kill it. $20M would be money well spent dependent on the findings of current studies. We need to delve deeper into the IEC designs, and whatever WB7 sh...

It's possible that the costs of raw materials (copper, for one) and equipment will make coal plants seem expensive relative to a BFR plant. That depends on the operating cost of the BFR -- and I believe MSimon when he says the power supplies are a major part of that -- amortized over its lifespan. ...