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No way can we infer Dr. Nebel would build a 1.6 Meter WB-8 from anything said on Alan Boyle's interview, even if Gubbermint, shoveled him a big enough pile of money. He's not compelled to not try to build it. I wish he were so compelled in it's avoidance ; There is a lot more research to do first, a...

Again back to Alan Boyle: "We're looking at power generation with this machine," Nebel said. "This machine is so inexpensive going into the 100-megawatt range that there's no compelling reason for not just doing it. We're trying to take bigger steps than you would with a conventional fusion machine....

I like "Static Electric Generator". I like "Bussard" in the name too; So maybe "Bussard Static Electric Alpha Generator" The short answer to "How do you power this thing?" would, of course be: "It's got a Bussard Wiffle Ball."

mmhh, it seems that with the currnet hike in oil prices, the cost of shipping a container from the Far East to Europe has nearly tripled.... The far east countries, China, India, Taiwan like to subsidize oil. I wonder if shipping costs are being transferred. Should we even be trading with countries...

An interesting ramification is that we just 'discovered' something so simple regarding molecular collisions as spin being opposite of expectations, imagine what discoveries are to be made with nuclear collisions! I think Dr. Nebel is spot on with the value of proliferating WB7 type machines. I think...

So, if we built it, truckers would never really need to stop for gas. Currently one train uses one gallon of diesel to travel 430 miles, those truck should be/will be off the road. Plus the 300 mph train should be up and running by then. Seriously reducing planes and trucks. We're missing a term, I...

That'd really focus the mind of the American People wouldn't it?
There is a conservancy movement underway:
http://www.ssunitedstatesconservancy.org/SSUS/Home.html

This ship was the fastest. I wonder how fast she'd be after the makeover to BFR electric drive?

I think his idea is related to those "spray gliders", which are in my mind a brilliant invention. They work by changing boyancy. When they are heavy, they dive downward using the wing to glide horizontally. When they get to a predetermined depth, they increase boyancy, making them lighter than wate...

My snarky comment raised a question in my mind: The Farnsworth fusor can't achieve net power output b/c the charged grid has a transparency of better than 90%, but not 100%. Dr. Bussard proposed creating a virtual grid out of an electron cloud. What is ITS transparency? Let's calculate the transpar...

..... I've seen references to charged particle tracks, but not neuts. Tho I certainly may have missed things. Detailed LENR info is Richard Hull's baby (frequent cognisenti poster at fusor.net). Duane The very bottom of the link, in the slides section, they're attributing some traces to neutrons. I...

The biggest factor has to be inelasticity of supply and inelasticity of demand. If the price of gasoline doubles tomorrow, I'm still going to drive my usual 48 miles to work (while thinking about a job search), and the refinery that distilled my gasoline is still going to buy the same type of oil (...

Demand is at supply, huge price fluxuations have very weak effect on either except in the extreme long term; Supply and demand are both inelastic relative to price. Supply is only inelastic in the short run. More expensive oilfields that are now profitable are now being exploited. Ethanol (both cor...

I'm not exactly convinced on the bubble. More oil is sold in euros these days, the euro is going up, the dollar down, world oil production has hit a plateau for the last 3 years. Plus politics. You got me. I'm not a commodities trader or anything remotely like it. But oil's gone from $40-$50 to $12...

We can agree that nothing is really going to happen (positve) at Black light, but I'm not convinced that an electron can't be forced to a proton if provided enough energy; Say of one anti-neutrino of a type. I'm not convinced that it doesn't happen in nature all the time. I'll say this though; If _a...

The Interstate Commerce Commission is a perfect example of how it is done. Government decides freight rates need regulation to protect the little guy, then they stack the Commission with freight hauling guys. After all who understands and can better regulate the business than those in it? So how di...