Challenge
Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 2:02 pm
Here is the challenge:
There are 3 countries who have IEC Fusion programs.
The USA with a number of government, government/university and commercial projects.
Japan with a government program (associatetd with a university I think) and Australia with a program I'm not very familiar with.
Which will be the next country to start a university program (or commercial venture) in IEC?
Just to pick at an old wound here: quitcherbitchin and do something. It doesn't take much in the way of resources. You are all writers here. Blog it on blogs in your native language (I'm going to have to learn Australian) and build a demand.
There is no country in the developed world (from Finland on up) that couldn't afford an IEC program. Say a start up grant of $5 million and another $2 million a year to keep the lab running and train scientists and engineers.
How many people do you think it would take with an interest to get 50,000 people to read one article on the subject? In the USA from what I can tell the core people promoting this have been on the order of 10. I have been the most relentless because I'm "retired". So in terms of getting your team together look for some one who can devote full time at no cost. A retired engineer perhaps?
Then just start cranking out the publicity and do blog posts and comments in your native language.
Heck. You can start with translating any of my stuff you want. No writing required. Just give me a credit and a link. I have an ulterior motive for this. If we get some folks on our tails we (USA) will light the afterburners. Given the current state of the world faster is better than cheaper.
There are 3 countries who have IEC Fusion programs.
The USA with a number of government, government/university and commercial projects.
Japan with a government program (associatetd with a university I think) and Australia with a program I'm not very familiar with.
Which will be the next country to start a university program (or commercial venture) in IEC?
Just to pick at an old wound here: quitcherbitchin and do something. It doesn't take much in the way of resources. You are all writers here. Blog it on blogs in your native language (I'm going to have to learn Australian) and build a demand.
There is no country in the developed world (from Finland on up) that couldn't afford an IEC program. Say a start up grant of $5 million and another $2 million a year to keep the lab running and train scientists and engineers.
How many people do you think it would take with an interest to get 50,000 people to read one article on the subject? In the USA from what I can tell the core people promoting this have been on the order of 10. I have been the most relentless because I'm "retired". So in terms of getting your team together look for some one who can devote full time at no cost. A retired engineer perhaps?
Then just start cranking out the publicity and do blog posts and comments in your native language.
Heck. You can start with translating any of my stuff you want. No writing required. Just give me a credit and a link. I have an ulterior motive for this. If we get some folks on our tails we (USA) will light the afterburners. Given the current state of the world faster is better than cheaper.