Re: Why 10-25 times net power?
Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 1:54 am
This whole mess started out with the following:
If we had an interactive wiki connected with this sight, maybe we could turn it into a SWAG (scientific wild a$$ guess)
Oh, and folks, PLEASE preview your posts. Sometimes it is hard to follow posts that quote without
If, and, as long as...; we wouldn't. But it seems that the "Piston Fusion" folk have done the Ifs and Thens and have decided they need 10-25x gain. So what does a BFR need? Who knows. Any number determined now would be a WAG.djmelfi wrote:Article on the "Piston" fusion device states needs 10-25 times output gain to be viable.
I am a neophyte but have been following the fusion blogs avidly.
If a device had a 25% net power gain and was cheap enough to operate less energy costs, it would make enough power to sustain itself and have a surplus for the "GRID". As long as the value of net output could cover the cost of opertion and amortize the construction costs over 25 years or so, why would we need 10-25 time gain? (highlights added, ed)
If we had an interactive wiki connected with this sight, maybe we could turn it into a SWAG (scientific wild a$$ guess)
Oh, and folks, PLEASE preview your posts. Sometimes it is hard to follow posts that quote without
quoting; especially if one is skimming the dross.