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The life of coal plants is being stretched out due to siting difficulties withEPA bargained precipitators, then scrubbers, then SCR's. Don't be too surprised at how low the depreciation value will be in 10 years. In addition, the maintenance costs for coal plants will eat the alive. If pBj with dire...

Please note the most recent change to the website. The WB8 "accomplishment" has been recredited to WB7.1. Unfortunately, it is still under the same picture which raises the question, is that the WB8 or not? Too cool! I put my vote that it is preliminary WB-8 results. Definitely not a web error as i...

icarus, re: Poicare, Perelman, lovely, thanks, very nice.

Art, from past discussions you have had with R. Nebel I know he has great respect for you. Perhaps if you have doubts about what has been proven, you can just ask him. Just a thought.

Art, no disrespect, I understand that you have skill in the theory, but I don't believe R. Nebel is playing with words, but that is just me. Thanks for your reply. Diogenes, it is not odd, it is just my failing. Perhaps if I had understood your objection better I would have remembered it. Still, I w...

The question that has been raised is, would not ions follow the electrons right out the cusps? Thanks, I had forgotten that that issue had been raised, however, there are fewer + ions, the magrid is positive and should repel the + ions (as opposed to attract the electrons), and the positive ions ar...

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MSimon, thanks.

The WB-8.1 navy contract does include evaluation of scaling for coil size and B field, so what B field increase would provide adequate B-11 fusion for concept validation, 3T? Would a B field of 3T imply SC coils?

Thanks Tom, I understand theoretical doubts, but actual testing always trumps theory, hence pointing to EMC2 web site posting validated results with improved diagnostics. Granted FOIA requests would have assuaged nagging doubts where folks might doubt EMC2, but I personally will take them at their w...

Chris thinks this thing leaks like a sieve, in which case more cusps is counterproductive. Since we don't know whose theory is right in practice, we keep chaffing and grousing about FOIA disclosures. Tom, I am not understanding the doubts that the polywell is leaking like a sieve because the EMC2 s...

On the scale of WB-8, I count thirty bolt holes on the large flanges. According to the tech data at Insulator Seal, there are two flanges with 30 bolt holes. Their outside diameters are 13.25 and 14 inches, which pins down the size of the apparatus considerably. That would rough the magnet diameter...

It is just a guess, but my guess is that without a big budget to investigate the dodecahedron, Rick has gone with what he knows can be built based on a configuration he has scaling data for, hence the low budget, low risk design.

From EMC2 web site, WB-7 validated the results of WB-6 and we have the WB-6 results (substantial data), no? Also, WB-8 has apparently run long enough to verify confinement behavior since EMC2 web site lists that as proven. So the FOIA turn down means what, that not enough detailed engineering data t...

All we can do is take them at their word or speculate, WAG. In the speculation camp, perhaps they didn't have time due to current WB-8 work, just bad timing for FOI requests, quicker to give an interview.

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