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by KitemanSA
Fri Oct 13, 2023 10:13 am
Forum: General
Topic: For the "Greens"
Replies: 38
Views: 1466

Re: For the "Greens"

P.S.: Why do you say that "The CO2 output for the NG is reduced by the use of W&S but the leakage remains no matter how high the CapFac is for the W&S.". Given that most leakage is from the production sites (again, Google) shouldn't that leakage vary depending of the capacity factor of the backed r...
by KitemanSA
Fri Oct 13, 2023 9:52 am
Forum: General
Topic: For the "Greens"
Replies: 38
Views: 1466

Re: For the "Greens"

By molar, I meant only the 88 multiplier for CH4 vs CO2. I have no idea what you were doing with your number string. For the same energy output, NG power plants release ~50% of the CO2 that coal power plants do because of the H in the CH4. BUT… NG also releases CH4 at 2% to 6% of the total used. Tha...
by KitemanSA
Thu Oct 12, 2023 4:51 pm
Forum: General
Topic: For the "Greens"
Replies: 38
Views: 1466

Re: For the "Greens"

It is worse than that, according to this 2017 paper , methane is 120 times as potent as CO2 in regard to green-house effects. But, isn't your argument incomplete? As stated I read that NG is worse than coal in general, either for direct electricity production, or for backing renewables. How do we g...
by KitemanSA
Sun Oct 01, 2023 10:08 pm
Forum: General
Topic: For the "Greens"
Replies: 38
Views: 1466

Re: For the "Greens"

When you include the entire power system, buffered windand solar are actually WORSE than coal on a greenhouse drive standpoint. This is because buffering W&S typical requires NatGas turbines, and the NG systems leak by 2% to 6% of total gas extracted. That means that the drive is between .02 X 88 (1...
by KitemanSA
Sun Oct 01, 2023 5:11 am
Forum: Design
Topic: Sintered metal objects from a standard FDM 3D printer
Replies: 7
Views: 18163

Re: Sintered metal objects from a standard FDM 3D printer

What would happen if we printed with YBCO infused PLA on a spherical table? Maybe we could print a proper, superconducting bowed cube-octahedral Polywell in one go. If we switch between plain PLA for the running surface, copper infused for the case, and YBCO infused for the windings…
by KitemanSA
Fri Sep 29, 2023 1:02 am
Forum: News
Topic: Helion Energy to demonstrate net electricity production by 2024
Replies: 660
Views: 104339

Re: Helion Energy to demonstrate net electricity production by 2024

… This will be a revolution especially for aluminum. … Aluminum used to be the load leveler for cheap hydro in the Pacific Northwest. The hydro plants would output a constant power (the rivers gotta run you know) and whatever the REST of the customers didn’t use, ALCOA would pump into their pots. A...
by KitemanSA
Wed Sep 27, 2023 3:04 am
Forum: General
Topic: We lost so many members :(
Replies: 48
Views: 19974

Re: We lost so many members :(

ladajo wrote:
Tue Sep 26, 2023 7:27 pm
I was wondering where you were at!
Retired and gafia.
by KitemanSA
Thu Sep 14, 2023 9:35 am
Forum: Networking
Topic: New: Two High School Students In Chicago Build Polywell
Replies: 2
Views: 47391

Re: New: Two High School Students In Chicago Build Polywell

What ever happened with these gentlemen?
by KitemanSA
Wed Sep 13, 2023 1:07 am
Forum: Design
Topic: Wikipedia Still Wrong
Replies: 2
Views: 369

Re: Wikipedia Still Wrong

I wonder how badly this continuing error has effected Polywell progress.
by KitemanSA
Wed Sep 13, 2023 1:05 am
Forum: History
Topic: Pyroelectric fusion (the other "cold" fusion)
Replies: 10
Views: 49749

Re: Pyroelectric fusion (the other "cold" fusion)

If you accelerated a proton and struck Boron11, would you get alphas?
by KitemanSA
Tue Sep 12, 2023 11:23 pm
Forum: Theory
Topic: Bussard’s Original Design
Replies: 0
Views: 1019

Bussard’s Original Design

Has anyone ever built a Polywell that actually followed Bussard’s original CubeOctahedron design?
by KitemanSA
Mon Sep 11, 2023 1:10 am
Forum: News
Topic: SpaceX News
Replies: 2324
Views: 1154227

Re: SpaceX News

Recent video says that all the currently needed actions from the incident report have been completed and the FAA is awaiting SpaceX request for modification of their prior single use launch license.
by KitemanSA
Wed Sep 06, 2023 4:45 pm
Forum: News
Topic: SpaceX News
Replies: 2324
Views: 1154227

Re: SpaceX News

IFT 2 awaiting FAA approval.
by KitemanSA
Wed Sep 06, 2023 2:35 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Vortex rocket engine: lighter, more efficient, more reusable
Replies: 24
Views: 26919

Re: Vortex rocket engine: lighter, more efficient, more reusable

SpaceX recently ran Raptor 3 at a sustained 350 bar. Not bad! Yes, and it's an amazing engineering achievement. I doubt they will be able to improve more without some new and radical discovery in metallurgy and material composition, and so far I do not see any in the various publications. If they c...